He is brought ACTS XXVI. sus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. how to en + Or, I was 20 And because I doubtful doubted of such man-quire hereof. ner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these mat ters. 21 But wheu Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the 1 Or, judg ment. p ch. 9. 15. s ch. 23. 9. & 26. 31. hearing of Augus A freeman of Rome, who 22 Then P Agrippa had been trisaid unto Festus, Ied for a would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. crime, and the sentence passed on him, had a right to appeal to the the sentence 23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa emperor, if was come, and Ber- he conceived nice, with great pomp, to be unjust; and was entered into but, even bethe place of hearing, fore the senwith the chief cap-tence was tains, and principal he had the men of the city, at privilege of Festus' command-an appeal ment Paul was in criminal brought forth. cases, if he conceived that the pronounced, 24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and judge was all men which are doing any here present with us, thing conye see this man, about trary to the whom 9 all the mul- Clarke. titude of the Jews) laws. See before Agrippa. have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer. 25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him. 26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write. 27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him. CHAP. XXVI. Agrippa ACTS XXVI. His account of himself. A. D. 62. | with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. a ch. 22. 3. b 3 Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews:c wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. 4 My manner of life from my youth,, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; 5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after a the most straitest sect of our religion I lived Pharisee. a 22. Ph. 3. 5. ch. 23. 6. De. 18. 15. 10 h Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from i the Chief 2 Sa. 7. 12. Priests; and when Ps.132.11. they were put to Is. 4. 2. death, I gave my & 7. 14. & 9.6. voice against them. & 40. 10. Je. 23. 5. & 33. 14, 15, 16. Eze.34.23. & 37. 24. Ro. 15. 8. d Ja. 1. 1. 6 bAnd now I stand and am judged for the hope of the pro-† Gr. night mise made of God and day. unto our fathers: e Lu. 2. 37. 7 Unto which pro- 1 Ti. 5.5. mise d our twelve 1 Th. 3. 10. tribes, instantly serv-f Ph. 3. 11. ing Godte day and night, fhope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, h ch. 8. 3. I am accused of the Jews. 8 Why should it be thonght a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? 9 I verily thought Jno. 16. 2. 1 Ti. 1. 13. i Ga. 1. 13. ch. 9. 14. 21. & 22. 5. 11 k And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and Commission from the Chief Priests, 13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. 14 And when we were all fallen to the k ch. 22. 19. earth, I heard a voice speaking unto 1 ch. 9. 3. me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul. P A. D. 62. ch. 22. 15. ch. 22. 21. Is. 35. 5. & 42. 7. Jno. 8. 12. 2Co. 6. 14 Ep. 4. 18. & 5.8. Col. 1. 13. 1 Pe. 2. 9. 25. 16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, m to make thee a minister and a witness both of a Lu. 1 77. these things which r Ep. 1. 11. thou hast seen, and Col. 1. 12. of those things in the which I will appear t unto thee; 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto a whom now 1 send thee, s ch. 20. 32. ch. 9. 20. 22. 29. & 11. 26. & 13. & 14. & 16. & 17. & 18. & 19. & 20. & 21. u Ma. 3. 8. 18 To open their x eyes, and p to turn; them from darknessy to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, a that they may ch. 21. 30, 31. el.. 24. 14. & 28. 23. La. 24. 27. 44. Ro. 3. 21. cus, and atJerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judæa, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do "works meet for repentance. 21 For these causes Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill the 23 a That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and e should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles. 24 And as he thus receive forgiveness z Jno. 5. 46. spake for himself, Festus said with a voice, Paul, of sins, and inherit- Re. 1. 5. thou d art beside thyself; much learning. doth make thee mad. 25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but Speak forth the words of truth and sober ness. Declaration of ACTS XXVIL Paul's innocency. el Co. 4. 8. & 7. 7. 2 Co. 11. 1. if g he had not appealed unto Cæsar.* CHAP. XXVII. 26 For the king| A. D. 62. [been set at liberty, knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded fch. 23. 9. that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. 29. & 25. 25. Lu. 23. 14. 1 AND when a it was determined that 1 Pe. 4. 14. We should sail into Italy, they delivered 16. g ch. 25. 11. Paul and certain 27 King Agrippa. a ch. 25. 12. other prisoners unto believest thou the 25. one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. prophets? I know b ch. 19.29. that thou believest. 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.* & 20. 4. Phim. 24. e ch. 24. 23. & 28. 16. ver. 28 In this three very 29 And Paul said. I would to God, narrative, that not only thou, instructive but also all that hear examples me this day, were are set beboth almost, and al-fore us : gether ahea 2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one b Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. 3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. ously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. together such as I Festus, alto-And Julius courteam, except these then; and bonds. Paul, altoge30 And when he ther a Chris had thus spoken, the tian; but Aking rose up, and the grippa, halt ing between governor, and Ber- both. nice, and they that sat with them: 4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. 5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. 6 And there the centurion found a Paul foretels ACTS XXVII. in. 7 And when d The fast we was on the tenth day of had sailed slowly the seventh many days, and month, Scarce were come Le. 23. 27. over against Cnidus, 29. the wind not suffer. Or, injury. ing us, we sailed un- $ Or, beat. der + Crete, over a-ver. 8gainst Salmone; the same name. ver. 9- here spoken a storm. the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 14 But not long after there arose against it a tempeswind, called of was the This port 8 And, hardly pass-still retains ing it, came unto a place which is called The Fair Haveus ;* nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. 9 Now when much time was spent, and ment, order- Euroclydon.* when sailing was now on the 10th ed to be kept dangerous, d because day of the the fast was now al- 7th month, ready past, Paul ad-called Tisri monished them, by the Jews, 10 And said unto 25th of our being the them, Sirs, I perceive September. that this voyage will ver. 14be with hurt and This exmuch damage, not pression only of the lading and comes from ship, but also of our vowr, an εύρος, and lives. eastern 11 Nevertheless the storm, as the centurion believed word signithe master and the ties. A kind owner of the ship, this which is of tempest more than those called by things which were those who spoken by Paul. now frequent 12 And because the those seas, a haven was not com- See Benson. modious to winter in, Levanter. 15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. 16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: 17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and So were driven. 18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the |