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   <v n='1'><s n="1161">And</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s>, earnestly <s n="816">beholding</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4892">council</s>, <s n="2036">said</s>, <s n="435">Men</s> and <s n="80">brethren</s>, <s n="1473">I</s> have <s n="4176">lived</s> in <s n="3956">all</s> <s n="18">good</s> <s n="4893">conscience</s> before <s n="2316">God</s> <s n="891">unto</s> <s n="5026">this</s> <s n="2250">day</s>. </v>
   <v n='2'><s n="1161">And</s> <s n="3588">the</s> high <s n="749">priest</s> <s n="367">Ananias</s> <s n="2004">commanded</s> them that stood <s n="3936">by</s> <s n="846">him</s> to <s n="5180">smite</s> <s n="848">him</s> on <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4750">mouth</s>. </v>
   <v n='3'><s n="5119">Then</s> <s n="2036">said</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s> <s n="4314">unto</s> <s n="846">him</s>, <s n="2316">God</s> <s n="3195">shall</s> <s n="5180">smite</s> <s n="4571">thee</s>, thou <s n="2867">whited</s> <s n="5109">wall</s>: <s n="2532">for</s> <s n="2521">sittest</s> <s n="4771">thou</s> to <s n="2919">judge</s> <s n="3165">me</s> <s n="2596">after</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3551">law</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="2753">commandest</s> <s n="3165">me</s> to be <s n="5180">smitten</s> contrary to the <s n="3891">law</s>? </v>
   <v n='4'><s n="1161">And</s> they that stood <s n="3936">by</s> <s n="2036">said</s>, <s n="3058">Revilest</s> thou <s n="2316">God</s> 's high <s n="749">priest</s>? </v>
   <v n='5'><s n="5037">Then</s> <s n="5346">said</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s>, I <s n="1492">wist</s> <s n="3756">not</s>, <s n="80">brethren</s>, <s n="3754">that</s> he <s n="2076">was</s> the high <s n="749">priest</s>: <s n="1063">for</s> it is <s n="1125">written</s>, Thou shalt <s n="3756">not</s> <s n="2046">speak</s> <s n="2560">evil</s> of the <s n="758">ruler</s> of <s n="4675">thy</s> <s n="2992">people</s>. </v>
   <v n='6'><s n="1161">But</s> when <s n="3972">Paul</s> <s n="1097">perceived</s> <s n="3754">that</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1520">one</s> <s n="3313">part</s> <s n="2076">were</s> <s n="4523">Sadducees</s>, <s n="1161">and</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2087">other</s> <s n="5330">Pharisees</s>, he cried <s n="2896">out</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4892">council</s>, <s n="435">Men</s> and <s n="80">brethren</s>, <s n="1473">I</s> <s n="1510">am</s> a <s n="5330">Pharisee</s>, the <s n="5207">son</s> of a <s n="5330">Pharisee</s>: <s n="4012">of</s> the <s n="1680">hope</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="386">resurrection</s> of the <s n="3498">dead</s> <s n="1473">I</s> am called in <s n="2919">question</s>. </v>
   <v n='7'><s n="1161">And</s> when <s n="846">he</s> had <s n="5124">so</s> <s n="2980">said</s>, there <s n="1096">arose</s> a <s n="4714">dissension</s> between <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="5330">Pharisees</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4523">Sadducees</s>: <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4128">multitude</s> was <s n="4977">divided</s>. </v>
   <v n='8'><s n="1063">For</s> <s n="*3303">the</s> <s n="4523">Sadducees</s> <s n="3004">say</s> that there <s n="1511">is</s> <s n="3361">no</s> <s n="386">resurrection</s>, <s n="3366">neither</s> <s n="32">angel</s>, <s n="3383">nor</s> <s n="4151">spirit</s>: <s n="1161">but</s> the <s n="5330">Pharisees</s> <s n="3670">confess</s> <s n="297">both</s>. </v>
   <v n='9'><s n="1161">And</s> there <s n="1096">arose</s> a <s n="3173">great</s> <s n="2906">cry</s>: <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1122">scribes</s> that were of <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="5330">Pharisees</s> ' <s n="3313">part</s> <s n="450">arose</s>, and <s n="1264">strove</s>, <s n="3004">saying</s>, We <s n="2147">find</s> <s n="3762">no</s> <s n="2556">evil</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="5129">this</s> <s n="444">man</s>: <s n="1161">but</s> <s n="1487">if</s> a <s n="4151">spirit</s> <s n="2228">or</s> an <s n="32">angel</s> hath <s n="2980">spoken</s> to <s n="846">him</s>, let us <s n="3361">not</s> fight against <s n="2313">God</s>. </v>
   <v n='10'><s n="1161">And</s> when there <s n="1096">arose</s> a <s n="4183">great</s> <s n="4714">dissension</s>, <s n="3588">the</s> chief <s n="5506">captain</s>, <s n="2125">fearing</s> <s n="3361">lest</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s> should have been pulled in <s n="1288">pieces</s> <s n="5259">of</s> <s n="846">them</s>, <s n="2753">commanded</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4753">soldiers</s> to go <s n="2597">down</s>, and to take him by <s n="726 846">force</s> <s n="1537">from</s> <s n="3319">among</s> <s n="848">them</s>, <s n="5037">and</s> to <s n="71">bring</s> him <s n="1519">into</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3925">castle</s>. </v>
   <v n='11'><s n="1161">And</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3571">night</s> <s n="1966">following</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2962">Lord</s> stood <s n="2186">by</s> <s n="846">him</s>, and <s n="2036">said</s>, Be of good <s n="2293">cheer</s>, <s n="3972">Paul</s>: <s n="1063">for</s> <s n="5613">as</s> thou hast <s n="1263">testified</s> <s n="4012">of</s> <s n="1700">me</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="2419">Jerusalem</s>, <s n="3779">so</s> <s n="1163">must</s> <s n="4571">thou</s> bear <s n="3140">witness</s> <s n="2532">also</s> <s n="1519">at</s> <s n="4516">Rome</s>. </v>
   <v n='12'><s n="1161">And</s> when it <s n="1096">was</s> <s n="2250">day</s>, <s n="5100">certain</s> of <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2453">Jews</s> banded <s n="4160 4963">together</s>, and bound themselves under a <s n="332 1438">curse</s>, <s n="3004">saying</s> that they would <s n="3383">neither</s> <s n="5315">eat</s> <s n="3383">nor</s> <s n="4095">drink</s> <s n="2193 3757">till</s> they had <s n="615">killed</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s>. </v>
   <v n='13'><s n="1161">And</s> they <s n="2258">were</s> <s n="4119">more</s> than <s n="5062">forty</s> which had <s n="4160">made</s> <s n="5026">this</s> <s n="4945">conspiracy</s>. </v>
   <v n='14'>And <s n="3748">they</s> <s n="4334">came</s> to <s n="3588">the</s> chief <s n="749">priests</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="4245">elders</s>, and <s n="2036">said</s>, We have bound ourselves under a great <s n="332 1438 331">curse</s>, that we will <s n="1089">eat</s> <s n="3367">nothing</s> <s n="2193 3757">until</s> we have <s n="615">slain</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s>. </v>
   <v n='15'><s n="3568">Now</s> <s n="3767">therefore</s> <s n="5210">ye</s> <s n="4862">with</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4892">council</s> <s n="1718">signify</s> to <s n="3588">the</s> chief <s n="5506">captain</s> <s n="3704">that</s> he bring him <s n="2609 846">down</s> <s n="4314">unto</s> <s n="5209">you</s> <s n="839">tomorrow</s>, as <s n="5613">though</s> ye <s n="3195">would</s> <s n="1231">inquire</s> something more <s n="197">perfectly</s> <s n="4012">concerning</s> <s n="846">him</s>: <s n="1161">and</s> <s n="2249">we</s>, or <s n="4253">ever</s> <s n="846">he</s> come <s n="1448">near</s>, <s n="2070">are</s> <s n="2092">ready</s> to <s n="337">kill</s> <s n="846">him</s>. </v>
   <v n='16'><s n="1161">And</s> when <s n="3972">Paul</s> 's <s n="79">sister</s> 's <s n="5207">son</s> <s n="191">heard</s> of their lying in <s n="1749">wait</s>, he <s n="3854">went</s> <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="1525">entered</s> <s n="1519">into</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3925">castle</s>, and <s n="518">told</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s>. </v>
   <v n='17'><s n="1161">Then</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s> called one of the centurions <s n="4341 1520 3588 1543">unto</s> him, and <s n="5346">said</s>, <s n="520">Bring</s> <s n="5126">this</s> young <s n="3494">man</s> <s n="4314">unto</s> <s n="3588">the</s> chief <s n="5506">captain</s>: <s n="1063">for</s> he <s n="2192">hath</s> a certain <s n="5100">thing</s> to <s n="518">tell</s> <s n="846">him</s>. </v>
   <v n='18'><s n="3767">So</s> <s n="3588 *3303">he</s> <s n="3880">took</s> <s n="846">him</s>, and <s n="71">brought</s> him <s n="4314">to</s> <s n="3588">the</s> chief <s n="5506">captain</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="5346">said</s>, <s n="3972">Paul</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1198">prisoner</s> called me <s n="4341 3165">unto</s> him, and <s n="2065">prayed</s> me to <s n="71">bring</s> <s n="5126">this</s> young <s n="3494">man</s> <s n="4314">unto</s> <s n="4571">thee</s>, who <s n="2192">hath</s> <s n="5100">something</s> to <s n="2980">say</s> unto <s n="4671">thee</s>. </v>
   <v n='19'><s n="1161">Then</s> <s n="3588">the</s> chief <s n="5506">captain</s> <s n="1949">took</s> <s n="848">him</s> by <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="5495">hand</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> went with him <s n="402">aside</s> <s n="2596 2398">privately</s>, and <s n="4441">asked</s> him, <s n="5101">What</s> <s n="2076">is</s> <s n="3739">that</s> thou <s n="2192">hast</s> to <s n="518">tell</s> <s n="3427">me</s>? </v>
   <v n='20'><s n="1161">And</s> he <s n="2036">said</s>, <s n="3588">The</s> <s n="2453">Jews</s> have <s n="4934">agreed</s> to <s n="2065">desire</s> <s n="4571">thee</s> <s n="3704">that</s> thou wouldest bring <s n="2609">down</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s> <s n="839">tomorrow</s> <s n="1519">into</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4892">council</s>, as <s n="5613">though</s> they <s n="3195">would</s> <s n="4441">inquire</s> <s n="5100">somewhat</s> <s n="4012">of</s> <s n="846">him</s> more <s n="197">perfectly</s>. </v>
   <v n='21'><s n="3767">But</s> do <s n="3361">not</s> <s n="4771">thou</s> <s n="3982">yield</s> unto <s n="846">them</s>: <s n="1063">for</s> there lie in <s n="1748">wait</s> for <s n="846">him</s> <s n="1537">of</s> <s n="846">them</s> <s n="4119">more</s> than <s n="5062">forty</s> <s n="435">men</s>, <s n="3748">which</s> have bound themselves with an <s n="332 1438">oath</s>, that they will <s n="3383">neither</s> <s n="5315">eat</s> <s n="3383">nor</s> <s n="4095">drink</s> <s n="2193 3757">till</s> they have <s n="337">killed</s> <s n="846">him</s>: <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="3568">now</s> <s n="1526">are</s> they <s n="2092">ready</s>, looking <s n="4327">for</s> a <s n="1860">promise</s> <s n="575">from</s> <s n="4675">thee</s>. </v>
   <v n='22'><s n="3767">So</s> <s n="3588">the</s> chief <s n="5506">captain</s> <s n="*3303">then</s> let the young man <s n="630 3588 3494">depart</s>, and <s n="3853">charged</s> him, See thou <s n="1583">tell</s> no <s n="3367">man</s> <s n="3754">that</s> thou hast <s n="1718">showed</s> these <s n="5023">things</s> <s n="4314">to</s> <s n="3165">me</s>. </v>
   <v n='23'><s n="2532">And</s> he called <s n="4341">unto</s> him <s n="1417">two</s> <s n="1543">centurions</s>, <s n="2036">saying</s>, Make <s n="2090">ready</s> two <s n="1250">hundred</s> <s n="4757">soldiers</s> <s n="3704">to</s> <s n="4198">go</s> <s n="2193">to</s> <s n="2542">Caesarea</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="2460">horsemen</s> threescore and <s n="1440">ten</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="1187">spearmen</s> two <s n="1250">hundred</s>, <s n="575">at</s> the <s n="5154">third</s> <s n="5610">hour</s> of <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3571">night</s>; </v>
   <v n='24'><s n="5037">And</s> <s n="3936">provide</s> them <s n="2934">beasts</s>, <s n="2443">that</s> they may set Paul <s n="1913 3972">on</s>, and bring him <s n="1295">safe</s> <s n="4314">unto</s> <s n="5344">Felix</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2232">governor</s>. </v>
   <v n='25'>And he <s n="1125">wrote</s> a <s n="1992">letter</s> <s n="4023">after</s> <s n="5126">this</s> <s n="5179">manner</s>: </v>
   <v n='26'><s n="2804">Claudius</s> <s n="3079">Lysias</s> unto <s n="3588">the</s> most <s n="2903">excellent</s> <s n="2232">governor</s> <s n="5344">Felix</s> sendeth <s n="5463">greeting</s>. </v>
   <v n='27'><s n="5126">This</s> <s n="435">man</s> was <s n="4815">taken</s> <s n="5259">of</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2453">Jews</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="3195">should</s> have been <s n="337">killed</s> <s n="5259">of</s> <s n="846">them</s>: then <s n="2186">came</s> I <s n="4862">with</s> an <s n="4753">army</s>, and <s n="1807">rescued</s> <s n="846">him</s>, having <s n="3129">understood</s> <s n="3754">that</s> he <s n="2076">was</s> a <s n="4514">Roman</s>. </v>
   <v n='28'><s n="1161">And</s> when I <s n="1014">would</s> have <s n="1097">known</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="156">cause</s> <s n="1223 3739">wherefore</s> they <s n="1458">accused</s> <s n="846">him</s>, I brought him <s n="2609 846">forth</s> <s n="1519">into</s> <s n="848">their</s> <s n="4892">council</s>: </v>
   <v n='29'><s n="3739">Whom</s> I <s n="2147">perceived</s> to be <s n="1458">accused</s> <s n="4012">of</s> <s n="2213">questions</s> of <s n="848">their</s> <s n="3551">law</s>, <s n="1161">but</s> to <s n="2192">have</s> <s n="3367">nothing</s> laid to his <s n="1462">charge</s> <s n="514">worthy</s> of <s n="2288">death</s> <s n="2228">or</s> of <s n="1199">bonds</s>. </v>
   <v n='30'><s n="1161">And</s> when it was <s n="3377">told</s> <s n="3427">me</s> how <s n="*5259">that</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2453">Jews</s> laid <s n="1917 3195 1510">wait</s> <s n="1519">for</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="435">man</s>, I <s n="3992">sent</s> <s n="1824">straightway</s> <s n="4314">to</s> <s n="4571">thee</s>, and gave <s n="3853">commandment</s> to his <s n="2725">accusers</s> <s n="2532">also</s> to <s n="3004">say</s> <s n="1909">before</s> <s n="4675">thee</s> <s n="3588">what</s> they had <s n="4314">against</s> <s n="846">him</s>. <s n="4517">Farewell</s>. </v>
   <v n='31'><s n="3767">Then</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="4757">soldiers</s>, <s n="2596">as</s> it was <s n="1299">commanded</s> <s n="846">them</s>, <s n="353">took</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s>, and <s n="71">brought</s> him <s n="1223">by</s> <s n="3571">night</s> <s n="1519">to</s> <s n="494">Antipatris</s>. </v>
   <v n='32'><s n="*1161">On</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1887">morrow</s> they <s n="1439">left</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2460">horsemen</s> to <s n="4198">go</s> <s n="4862">with</s> <s n="846">him</s>, and <s n="5290">returned</s> <s n="1519">to</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="3925">castle</s>: </v>
   <v n='33'><s n="3748">Who</s>, when they <s n="1525">came</s> <s n="1519">to</s> <s n="2542">Caesarea</s>, <s n="2532">and</s> <s n="325">delivered</s> <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="1992">epistle</s> to <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2232">governor</s>, <s n="3936">presented</s> <s n="3972">Paul</s> <s n="2532">also</s> before <s n="846">him</s>. </v>
   <v n='34'><s n="1161">And</s> when <s n="3588">the</s> <s n="2232">governor</s> had <s n="314">read</s> the letter, <s n="*2532">he</s> <s n="1905">asked</s> <s n="1537">of</s> <s n="4169">what</s> <s n="1885">province</s> he <s n="2076">was</s>. <s n="2532">And</s> when he <s n="4441">understood</s> <s n="3754">that</s> he was <s n="575">of</s> <s n="2791">Cilicia</s>; </v>
   <v n='35'>I will <s n="1251">hear</s> <s n="4675">thee</s>, <s n="5346">said</s> he, <s n="3752">when</s> <s n="4675">thine</s> <s n="2725">accusers</s> are <s n="2532">also</s> <s n="3854">come</s>. <s n="5037">And</s> he <s n="2753">commanded</s> <s n="846">him</s> to be <s n="5442">kept</s> <s n="1722">in</s> <s n="2264">Herod</s> 's judgment <s n="4232">hall</s>. </v>
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