11, 13. verse 3.

t Deut. 10,

17.

34, 19.

what intent ye have sent for me?

Peter maketh his aefence.

CHAPTER XI.

1 Peter accused for going to the Gentiles.... 19 The gospel is
preached in many places.... 27 Agabus prophesieth of a great
dearth.

AND the apostles and brethren that were in Ju

dea, heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

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Mal. 4, 2. Mat. 20, 28. Luke 21, 25. chap. 3, 14. & 15, 9.

f ch. 11, 15.

2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, gch. 9, 42. they that were of the circumcision contended with him,

verse 28

h ch. 2, 4.

30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was
fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I pray-cised, and didst eat with them.

3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircum-81,

Jobed in my house; and, behold, a man stood before me
Bin bright clothing,

are we all here present before God, to hear all things & Peter; slay, and eat.

Mat. 10, that are commanded thee of God.

8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth. 9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.

11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea unto me.

12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover, these six brethren accompanied me; and we entered into the man's house :

13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; 14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved.

15. And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell e chap. 2,4 on them, as on us at the beginning.

16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, Mat. 8,11 how that he said, John indeed baptized with water;

41Not to all the people, but unto witnesses cho-but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.

sen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink

15,25.44, with him after he rose from the dead.

43. To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.

44 1 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. 45 And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost:

46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and

Roin. 14, 10. magnify God. Then answered Peter,

18 When they heard these things, they held their
peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God
also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
191& Now they which were scattered abroad up-ch 8.1

on the persecution that arose about Stephen, travelled
as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preach-
ing the word to none but unto the Jews only.

20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and
Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch,
spake unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus.

10.28

21h And the hand of the Lord was withthem: andh verse 24,

a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
22 1 Then tidings of these things came unto theears 4. Du

of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent
forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antiocn.

23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of
God, was glad, and exhorted them all that with
purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy

i ch. 9, 30.

k ch. 2, 17.

& 13, 1. &

15, $2.

1 Cor. 12,

10. 23.

Eph. 4, 11.

1 ch. 6, 1.

& 12, 25.

25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:

26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.

27 1kAnd in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.

28 And there stood up one of them, named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Cesar.

29 Then the disciples, every man according to his Rom. 15,25. ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren 2 Cor. 8,1. which dwelt in Judea:

1 Cor. 1.

& 9, 1. & 11,

30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders
by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
CHAPTER XII.

1 Herod persecuteth the Christia is; 20 his pride, and misera

ble death.

3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. Then were the days of unleavened bread.

b Mat. 26, 4. And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

everse 5.

Herod's miserable death.
But
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15 d And they said unto her, Thou art mad.
she constantly affirmed that it was even so.
said they, It is his angel.

Anno

d Gen. 48, Mat. 18, 10

16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they 16. had opened the door, and saw him, they were aston- Luke 22,59 ished.

17 But he beckoning unto them with the hand, to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go, shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarea, and there abode. 201 And Herod was highly displeased with e 1 Kings them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one Ezek. 27, accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's 17. chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.

21 And upon a set day, Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. 22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote
him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was
eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

24 1 'But the word of God grew and multiplied.
25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jeru-
salem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and
took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
CHAPTER XIII.
1 Paul and Barnabas sent to the Gentiles....42 The Gentiles be-
lieve....45 The Jews blaspheme, and raise a persecution.
N
OW there were in the church that was at An-

a

5, 9, 11.

f Isa. 55,11 ch. 6, 7. &

19, 20. Col. 1, 6.

g ch. 11, 20

5 Peter therefore was kept in prison; but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. 6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with twochains: and the keepers before { nabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lu- 15, 38. the door kept the prison.

7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saving, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

And the angel said unto him, Gird thyseli, and bind on thy sandals: and so he did. And he saith unto him. Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

cius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought
up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

A. D. 45. a ch. 11,25 14, 26. &

11.

2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the b Num. 8, Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I have called them.

3° And when they had fasted and prayed, and

laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
41 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost,
departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed

9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist
not that it was true which was done by the angel; } to Cyprus.
but thought he saw a vision.

10 When they were past the first and the second
ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto
the city, which opened to them of his own accord:
and they went out, and passed on through one street;
and forthwith the angel departed from him.

11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. 12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together, praying.

13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.

5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.

Mat. 9, 33.

ch. 9, 15. & 22, 21.

& 10, 15.
Gal. 1, 15.
& 2, 8.

Ept 3, 8.
2 Tim. 1,11.

1 Tim. 2, 7.

c ch. 6, 6. & 8, 15. & 14,

d ch. 12, 25.

6. And when they had gone through the isle unto e chap. 8, 9. Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus:

7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. 8'But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name Ex. 7 by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

9 Then Saul (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,

10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon

2 Tim. 3, 8.

g Mat. 13, 38.

1 John 3, &

Num. 14.34.

14 I But when they departed from Perga, they Ps. 78, 38. came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the syna

& 95, 10.

gogue on the sabbath-day, and sat down.

15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.

16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his Pal, 55. hand, said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.

n Judg. 2,

16. & 3, 9.

17 The God of this people of Israel chose our 01 Sam. 8, fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought he them out of it.

5. & 9, 15. & 10, 1.

Hos. 13, 11.

⚫p 1 Sam. 13,

14. & 15, 28.

16,

28, 17.

18 And about the time of forty years suffered he

12& their manners in the wilderness.

19 And when he had destroyed seven nationsinthe land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. 20 And after that, he gave unto them judges, about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

21° And afterward they desired a king: and God & 132, 11. gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the

Psal. 89, 35.

Isa. 11, 1.

Jer. 23, 5.

Mat. 1, 1.

Luke 1, 32,

69.

tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
22 P And when he had removed him, he raised up
unto them David to be their king; to whom also he

Mal. 3, 1. gave testimony, and said, I have found David the
Mark 1,25 son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which

Mat. 3, 5.

Luke 3, 3.

John 3, 23.

shall fulfil all my will.

23 Of this man's seed hath God, according to

1. his promise, raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: John 1, 20, 24 When John had first preached, before his coming, Chap 20.24. the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

26, 27.

2 Tim. 4, 7.

25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said,

381 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto 32. you the forgiveness of sins:

39h And by him, all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.

40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken of in the prophets;

41 'Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. 42 1 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.

44 1 And the next sabbath-day came almost the Hab whole city together, to hear the word of God. 45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were 15. filled with envy, and spake against those things which & 14, were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. Titur 2, 11. 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and He said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it Deut. 32,21 from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlas- Mat. 8, 12. ting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

1 Mat. 10, 6. Who think ye that I am? I am not he: but, be-many as were ordained to eternal life, believed.

49 And the word of the Lord was published 1 ch. 2. 14. throughout all the region.

50° But the Jews stirred up the devout and hon-02 Tim. 3.

ourable women, and the chief men of the city, and
raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and
expelled them out of their coasts.

51P But they shook off the dust of their feet against p Mat. 10,

ces of the prophets which are read every sabbath-them and came unto Iconium.

Rom. 11,26. day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
2 Cor. 3, 14. 28 * And though they found no cause of death in
1 Tim. 1,13. him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
29 And when they had fulfilled all that was
Mark 15,11. written of him, they took him down from the tree,
John 19,6. and laid him in a sepulchre.

e chap. 3, 2.

f Mat. 9 28.

g lsa. 35, 6.

h ch. 8, 10.

& 28, 6.

1 Dan. 2, 46.

7 And there they preached the gospel.
81 And there sat a certain nman at Lystra, im-
potent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's
womb, who never had walked:

9 The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly
beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to
be healed,

10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked.

11h And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.

12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.

13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before k. Mat. 26, their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates,

25.

1 Gen. 1, 1.

1 Sam. 12,

21.

1 Kings 16,

and would have done sacrifice with the people.

Dissension about circumcision.

done with them, and how he had opened the door of
faith unto the Gentiles.

28 And there they abode long time with the disciples
CHAPTER XV.

1 Dissension about circumcision : 6 the apostles consult about
it: 22 their determination....36 Paul and Barnabas contend,
and part.

A

ND certain men which came down from Judea, taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.

2 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.

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46.

Gen. 17, 10. 12, 2. John 7,22.

Lev. chap. 8. 1.

& 10, 28. & 11, 1, 19. Gal. 2, 4. &

Philip. 32 11,16 Titus 1, 10.

Col. 2, 8,

b ch. 11, 30. & 13, 1. &

3 And being brought on their way by the church,21 they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.

4° And when they were come to Jerusalem, they ech. 14,5, were received of the church, and of the apostles and 26. elders; and they declared all things that God had done with them.

5.1 But there rose up certain of the sect of the dch. 6, 7. Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was need

14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas andful to circumcise them, and to command them to

Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in

13. 33. 6. among the people, crying out,

124, 8. &

146, 6.

15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? Amos 2, 4. We also are men of like passions with you, and chap. 10,26. preach unto you, that ye should turn from these 1. Cor. 8, 4. vanities, unto the living God, which made heaven and } ren, ye know how that a good while ago. God made

7° And when there had been much disputing,
Peter 10se up, and said unto them, Men and breth-

choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth
should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

8 'And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them
witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did
{unto us;

9 And put no difference between us and them, 1 Pet. 1,22 purifying their hearts by faith.

10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?

11 But we believe that through the grace of the

chap. 17,25. having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, suppo-Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.

h Mat. 25, 4. Gal. 5, 1.

8, 3. Gal. 2, 21. & 3, 21. Eph. 2, 4, 8. & 3, 4.

Rom Titus 2, 11.

16 After this I will return, and will build again 16, 23. & 14, the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I 1 Sam. 14, will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: Daniel 1, & 17 That the residue of men might seek after the 21, 25.

Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is
called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known unto God are all his works, from the
beginning of the world.

19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not
them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to
God:

20°But that we write unto them, that they abstain

32.

ch.

verse 20

Rom. 1, 24. 1 Cor. 5, 1, 9. & 8, 1, 6.

& 10, 7, 14,

20, 28. Eph. 2, 2. & 4, 17.

the. 4.

Heb. 12, 13 1 Pet. 4, 3 Rev. 2, 14,

23 And they wrote letters by them after this man-ed of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. ner, The apostles and elders, and brethren, send 5 And so were the churches established in the greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gen-faith, and increased in number daily.

22" And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and 1 Thes. 2.2 be-commanded to beat them. 23° And when they had laid many stripes upon Rev 22, 18.