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 <div class="label">12</div><div class="p"> 1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 3And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 4how that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 5Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. 6For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. 7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. 9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.</div><div class="p"> 11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. 12Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. 13For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. 14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. 16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile. 17Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? 18I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?</div><div class="p"> 19Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. 20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: 21and lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.</div>
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 <div class="label">5</div><div class="p"> 1But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. 2For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 3For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. 4But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. 9For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. 11Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.</div><div class="s2">Be at Peace</div><div class="p"> 12And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; 13and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. 14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. 15See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. 16Rejoice evermore. 17Pray without ceasing. 18In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. 19Quench not the Spirit. 20Despise not prophesyings. 21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 22Abstain from all appearance of evil.</div><div class="p"> 23And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.</div><div class="p"> 25Brethren, pray for us.</div><div class="p"> 26Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. 27I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.</div><div class="p"> 28The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="iex">The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens.</div>
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 <div class="label">14</div><div class="q1"> 1Man that is born of a woman</div><div class="q2"> Is of few days, and full of trouble.</div><div class="q1"> 2He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down:</div><div class="q2">He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.</div><div class="q1"> 3And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one,</div><div class="q2">And bringest me into judgment with thee?</div><div class="q1"> 4Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean?</div><div class="q2">Not one.</div><div class="q1"> 5Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee,</div><div class="q2">Thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;</div><div class="q1"> 6Turn from him, that he may rest,</div><div class="q2">Till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 7For there is hope of a tree,</div><div class="q2">If it be cut down, that it will sprout again,</div><div class="q2">And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.</div><div class="q1"> 8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth,</div><div class="q2">And the stock thereof die in the ground;</div><div class="q1"> 9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud,</div><div class="q2">And bring forth boughs like a plant.</div><div class="q1"> 10But man dieth, and wasteth away:</div><div class="q2">Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?</div><div class="q1"> 11 As the waters fail from the sea,</div><div class="q2">And the flood decayeth and drieth up:</div><div class="q1"> 12So man lieth down, and riseth not:</div><div class="q2">Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake,</div><div class="q2">Nor be raised out of their sleep.</div><div class="q1"> 13O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave,</div><div class="q2">That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past,</div><div class="q2">That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!</div><div class="q1"> 14If a man die, shall he live again?</div><div class="q2">All the days of my appointed time will I wait,</div><div class="q2">Till my change come.</div><div class="q1"> 15Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee:</div><div class="q2">Thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.</div><div class="q1"> 16For now thou numberest my steps:</div><div class="q2">Dost thou not watch over my sin?</div><div class="q1"> 17My transgression is sealed up in a bag,</div><div class="q2">And thou sewest up mine iniquity.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 18And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought,</div><div class="q2">And the rock is removed out of his place.</div><div class="q1"> 19The waters wear the stones:</div><div class="q2">Thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth;</div><div class="q2">And thou destroyest the hope of man.</div><div class="q1"> 20Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth:</div><div class="q2">Thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.</div><div class="q1"> 21His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not;</div><div class="q2">And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.</div><div class="q1"> 22But his flesh upon him shall have pain,</div><div class="q2">And his soul within him shall mourn.</div>
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 <div class="label">50</div><div class="d">A Psalm of Asaph.</div><div class="q1"> 1The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken,</div><div class="q2">And called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.</div><div class="q1"> 2Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,</div><div class="q2">God hath shined.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 3Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence:</div><div class="q2">A fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.</div><div class="q1"> 4He shall call to the heavens from above,</div><div class="q2">And to the earth, that he may judge his people.</div><div class="q1"> 5Gather my saints together unto me;</div><div class="q2">Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 6And the heavens shall declare his righteousness:</div><div class="q2">For God is judge himself. Selah.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 7Hear, O my people, and I will speak;</div><div class="q2">O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.</div><div class="q1"> 8I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices</div><div class="q2">Or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.</div><div class="q1"> 9I will take no bullock out of thy house,</div><div class="q2"> Nor he goats out of thy folds.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 10For every beast of the forest is mine,</div><div class="q2"> And the cattle upon a thousand hills.</div><div class="q1"> 11I know all the fowls of the mountains:</div><div class="q2">And the wild beasts of the field are mine.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee:</div><div class="q2">For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.</div><div class="q1"> 13Will I eat the flesh of bulls,</div><div class="q2">Or drink the blood of goats?</div><div class="q1"> 14Offer unto God thanksgiving;</div><div class="q2">And pay thy vows unto the most High:</div><div class="q1"> 15And call upon me in the day of trouble:</div><div class="q2">I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 16But unto the wicked God saith,</div><div class="q2">What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?</div><div class="q1"> 17Seeing thou hatest instruction,</div><div class="q2">And castest my words behind thee.</div><div class="q1"> 18When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him,</div><div class="q2">And hast been partaker with adulterers.</div><div class="q1"> 19Thou givest thy mouth to evil,</div><div class="q2">And thy tongue frameth deceit.</div><div class="q1"> 20Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother;</div><div class="q2">Thou slanderest thine own mother's son.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;</div><div class="q2">Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself:</div><div class="q1"> But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.</div><div class="q1"> 22Now consider this, ye that forget God,</div><div class="q2">Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me:</div><div class="q2">And to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">14</div><div class="q1"> 1Every wise woman buildeth her house:</div><div class="q2">But the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.</div><div class="q1"> 2He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD:</div><div class="q2">But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.</div><div class="q1"> 3In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride:</div><div class="q2">But the lips of the wise shall preserve them.</div><div class="q1"> 4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean:</div><div class="q2">But much increase is by the strength of the ox.</div><div class="q1"> 5A faithful witness will not lie:</div><div class="q2">But a false witness will utter lies.</div><div class="q1"> 6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not:</div><div class="q2">But knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.</div><div class="q1"> 7Go from the presence of a foolish man,</div><div class="q2">When thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.</div><div class="q1"> 8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way:</div><div class="q2">But the folly of fools is deceit.</div><div class="q1"> 9Fools make a mock at sin:</div><div class="q2">But among the righteous there is favour.</div><div class="q1"> 10The heart knoweth his own bitterness;</div><div class="q2">And a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.</div><div class="q1"> 11The house of the wicked shall be overthrown:</div><div class="q2">But the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.</div><div class="q1"> 12There is a way which seemeth right unto a man,</div><div class="q2">But the end thereof are the ways of death.</div><div class="q1"> 13Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful;</div><div class="q2">And the end of that mirth is heaviness.</div><div class="q1"> 14The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways:</div><div class="q2">And a good man shall be satisfied from himself.</div><div class="q1"> 15The simple believeth every word:</div><div class="q2">But the prudent man looketh well to his going.</div><div class="q1"> 16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil:</div><div class="q2">But the fool rageth, and is confident.</div><div class="q1"> 17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly:</div><div class="q2">And a man of wicked devices is hated.</div><div class="q1"> 18The simple inherit folly:</div><div class="q2">But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.</div><div class="q1"> 19The evil bow before the good;</div><div class="q2">And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.</div><div class="q1"> 20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour:</div><div class="q2">But the rich hath many friends.</div><div class="q1"> 21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth:</div><div class="q2">But he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.</div><div class="q1"> 22Do they not err that devise evil?</div><div class="q2">But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.</div><div class="q1"> 23In all labour there is profit:</div><div class="q2">But the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.</div><div class="q1"> 24The crown of the wise is their riches:</div><div class="q2"> But the foolishness of fools is folly.</div><div class="q1"> 25A true witness delivereth souls:</div><div class="q2">But a deceitful witness speaketh lies.</div><div class="q1"> 26In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence:</div><div class="q2">And his children shall have a place of refuge.</div><div class="q1"> 27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life,</div><div class="q2">To depart from the snares of death.</div><div class="q1"> 28In the multitude of people is the king's honour:</div><div class="q2">But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.</div><div class="q1"> 29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding:</div><div class="q2">But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.</div><div class="q1"> 30A sound heart is the life of the flesh:</div><div class="q2">But envy the rottenness of the bones.</div><div class="q1"> 31He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker:</div><div class="q2">But he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor.</div><div class="q1"> 32The wicked is driven away in his wickedness:</div><div class="q2">But the righteous hath hope in his death.</div><div class="q1"> 33Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding:</div><div class="q2">But that which is in the midst of fools is made known.</div><div class="q1"> 34Righteousness exalteth a nation:</div><div class="q2">But sin is a reproach to any people.</div><div class="q1"> 35The king's favour is toward a wise servant:</div><div class="q2">But his wrath is against him that causeth shame.</div><div class="b"></div>
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 <div class="label">20</div><div class="p"> 1It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is Engedi. 3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.</div><div class="s2">Jehoshaphat's Prayer</div><div class="p"> 5And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, 6and said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? 7Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? 8And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, 9If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; 11behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. 13And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.</div><div class="p"> 14Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; 15and he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not your's, but God's. 16To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. 17Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you. 18And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. 19And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.</div><div class="p"> 20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 21And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. 22And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. 23For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.</div><div class="p"> 24And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. 25And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. 26And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. 27Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. 29And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. 30So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.</div><div class="p"> 31And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 32And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. 33Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. 34Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.</div><div class="p"> 35And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: 36and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. 37Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.</div>
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 <div class="label">3</div><div class="s2">The Valley of Decision</div><div class="p"> 1For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. 3And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.</div><div class="p"> 4Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; 5because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: 6the children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. 7Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: 8and I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it.</div><div class="p"> 9Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: 10beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. 11Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. 12Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. 13Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.</div><div class="p"> 14Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. 15The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 16The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. 17So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more.</div><div class="p"> 18And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. 19Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. 20But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. 21For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion.</div>
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 <div class="label">4</div><div class="s2">Peter and John Imprisoned</div><div class="p"> 1And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 2being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. 4Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.</div><div class="p"> 5And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, 6and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 7And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?</div><div class="s2">Peter's Defence</div><div class="p"> 8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 10be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 11This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.</div><div class="p"> 13Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. 14And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. 15But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 16saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. 17But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. 18And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.</div><div class="p"> 19But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. 20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. 21So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done. 22For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.</div><div class="p"> 23And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. 24And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: 25Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said,</div><div class="q1">Why did the heathen rage,</div><div class="q1">And the people imagine vain things?</div><div class="q1"> 26The kings of the earth stood up,</div><div class="q1">And the rulers were gathered together</div><div class="q1">Against the Lord, and against his Christ.</div><div class="m"> 27For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, 28for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. 29And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, 30by stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.</div><div class="p"> 31And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. 32And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. 33And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. 34Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, 35and laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.</div><div class="p"> 36And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, 37having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet.</div>
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