And{G1161} Paul,{G3972} looking{G816} stedfastly on the council,{G4892} said,{G2036} {G435} Brethren,{G80} I{G1473} have lived{G4176} before God{G2316} in all{G3956} good{G18} conscience{G4893} until{G891} this{G3778} day.{G2250}

And{G1161} the high priest{G749} Ananias{G367} commanded{G2004} them that{G3588} stood by{G3936} him{G846} to smite{G5180} him{G846} on the mouth.{G4750}

Then{G5119} said{G2036} Paul{G3972} unto{G4314} him,{G846} God{G2316} shall{G3195} smite{G5180} thee,{G4571} thou whited{G2867} wall:{G5109} and{G2532} sittest{G2521} thou{G4771} to judge{G2919} me{G3165} according{G2596} to the law,{G3551} and{G2532} commandest{G2753} me{G3165} to be smitten{G5180} contrary to the law?{G3891}

And{G1161} they that{G3588} stood by{G3936} said,{G2036} Revilest{G3058} thou God's{G2316} high priest?{G749}

And{G5037} Paul{G3972} said,{G5346} I knew{G1492} not,{G3756} brethren,{G80} that{G3754} he was{G2076} high priest:{G749} for{G1063} it is written,{G1125} Thou shalt{G2046} not{G3756} speak{G2046} evil{G2560} of a ruler{G758} of thy{G4675} people.{G2992}

But{G1161} when Paul{G3972} perceived{G1097} that{G3754} the one{G1520} part{G3313} were{G2076} Sadducees{G4523} and{G1161} the other{G2087} Pharisees,{G5330} he cried out{G2896} in{G1722} the council,{G4892} Brethren,{G80} I{G1473} am{G1510} a Pharisee,{G5330} a son{G5207} of{G4012} Pharisees:{G5330} touching the hope{G1680} and{G2532} resurrection{G386} of{G4012} the dead{G3498} I{G1473} am called in question.{G2919}

And{G1161} when{G5124} he{G846} had so said,{G2980} there arose{G1096} a dissension{G4714} between the Pharisees{G5330} and{G2532} Sadducees;{G4523} and{G2532} the assembly{G4128} was divided.{G4977}

For{G1063} the Sadducees{G4523} {G3303} say that{G3004} there is{G1511} no{G3361} resurrection,{G386} neither{G3366} angel,{G32} nor{G3383} spirit;{G4151} but{G1161} the Pharisees{G5330} confess{G3670} both.{G297}

And{G1161} there arose{G1096} a great{G3173} clamor: and{G2532} some of the scribes{G1122} of the Pharisees{G5330} part{G3313} stood up,{G450} and strove,{G1264} saying,{G3004} We find{G2147} no{G3762} evil{G2556} in{G1722} this{G5129} man:{G444} and what{G1161} if{G1487} a spirit{G4151} hath spoken{G2980} to him,{G846} or{G2228} an angel?{G32}

And{G1161} when there arose{G1096} a great{G4183} dissension,{G4714} the chief captain,{G5506} fearing{G2125} lest{G3361} Paul{G3972} should be torn in pieces{G1288} by{G5259} them,{G846} commanded{G2753} the soldiers{G4753} to go down{G2597} and take{G726} him{G846} by force{G726} from{G1537} among{G3319} them,{G846} and{G5037} bring{G71} him into{G1519} the castle.{G3925}

And{G1161} the night{G3571} following{G1966} the Lord{G2962} stood{G2186} by him,{G846} and said,{G2036} Be of good cheer:{G2293} {G3972} for{G1063} as{G5613} thou hast testified{G1263} concerning{G4012} me{G1700} at{G1519} Jerusalem,{G2419} so{G3779} must{G1163} thou{G4571} bear witness{G3140} also{G2532} at{G1519} Rome.{G4516}

And{G1161} when it was{G1096} day,{G2250} {G5100} the Jews{G2453} banded{G4160} together,{G4963} and bound{G332} themselves{G1438} under a curse,{G332} saying that{G3004} they would{G5315} neither{G3383} eat{G5315} nor{G3383} drink{G4095} till{G2193} they{G3739} had killed{G615} Paul.{G3972}

And{G1161} they were{G2258} more{G4119} than forty{G5062} that{G3588} made{G4160} this{G3778} conspiracy.{G4945}

And they{G3748} came{G4334} to the chief priests{G749} and{G2532} the elders,{G4245} and said,{G2036} We have bound{G332} ourselves{G1438} under a{G3739} great curse,{G331} to taste{G1089} nothing{G3367} until{G2193} we have killed{G615} Paul.{G3972}

Now{G3568} therefore{G3767} do ye{G5210} with{G4862} the council{G4892} signify{G1718} to{G4314} the chief captain{G5506} that{G3704} he bring{G2609} him{G846} down{G2609} unto{G4314} you,{G5209} as though{G5613} ye would{G3195} judge{G1231} of his{G846} case{G4012} more exactly:{G199} and{G1161} we,{G2249} before{G4253} he{G846} comes near,{G1448} are{G2070} ready{G2092} to slay{G337} him.{G846}

But{G1161} Paul's{G3972} sister's{G79} son{G5207} heard{G191} of their lying in wait,{G1749} and he came{G3854} and{G2532} entered{G1525} into{G1519} the castle{G3925} and told{G518} Paul.{G3972}

And{G1161} Paul{G3972} called{G4341} unto him one{G1520} of the centurions,{G1543} and said,{G5346} Bring{G520} this{G5126} young man{G3494} unto{G4314} the chief captain;{G5506} for{G1063} he hath{G2192} something{G5100} to tell{G518} him.{G846}

So{G3767} {G3303} he took{G3880} him,{G846} and brought{G71} him to{G4314} the chief captain,{G5506} and{G2532} saith,{G5346} Paul{G3972} the prisoner{G1198} called{G4341} me{G3165} unto{G4341} him, and asked me{G2065} to bring{G71} this{G5126} young man{G3494} unto{G4314} thee,{G4571} who hath{G2192} something{G5100} to say{G2980} to thee.{G4671}

And{G1161} the chief captain{G5506} took{G1949} him{G846} by the hand,{G5495} and{G2532} going{G402} aside{G2596} asked{G4441} him privately,{G2398} What{G5101} is{G2076} it that{G3739} thou hast{G2192} to tell{G518} me?{G3427}

And{G1161} he said,{G3754} The Jews{G2453} have agreed{G4934} to ask{G2065} thee{G4571} to{G3704} bring down{G2609} Paul{G3972} to-morrow{G839} unto{G1519} the council,{G4892} as though{G5613} thou wouldest inquire{G4441} somewhat{G5100} more{G3195} exactly{G199} concerning{G4012} him.{G846}

{G3767} Do{G3982} not{G3361} thou{G4771} therefore yield{G3982} unto them:{G846} for{G1063} there lie in wait{G1748} for him{G846} of{G1537} them{G846} more{G4119} than forty{G5062} men,{G435} who{G3748} have bound{G332} themselves{G1438} under a curse,{G332} {G3739} neither{G3383} to{G5315} eat{G5315} nor{G3383} to drink{G4095} till{G2193} {G3739} they have slain{G337} him:{G846} and{G2532} now{G3568} are they{G1526} ready,{G2092} looking for{G4327} the promise{G1860} from{G575} thee.{G4675}

So{G3767} {G3303} the chief captain{G5506} let{G630} the young man{G3494} go,{G630} charging{G3853} him, Tell{G1583} no man{G3367} that{G3754} thou hast signified{G1718} these things{G5023} to{G4314} me.{G3165}

And{G2532} he{G5100} called{G4341} unto him two{G1417} of the centurions,{G1543} and said,{G2036} Make ready{G2090} two hundred{G1250} soldiers{G4757} to{G3704} go{G4198} as far as{G2193} Caesarea,{G2542} and{G2532} horsemen{G2460} threescore and ten,{G1440} and{G2532} spearmen{G1187} two hundred,{G1250} at{G575} the third{G5154} hour{G5610} of the night:{G3571}

and{G5037} [he bade them] provide{G3936} beasts,{G2934} that{G2443} they might set{G1913} Paul{G3972} thereon,{G1913} and bring{G1295} him safe{G1295} unto{G4314} Felix{G5344} the governor.{G2232}

And he wrote{G1125} a letter{G1992} after{G4023} this{G5126} form:{G5179}

Claudius{G2804} Lysias{G3079} unto the most excellent{G2903} governor{G2232} Felix,{G5344} greeting.{G5463}

This{G5126} man{G435} was seized{G4815} by{G5259} the Jews,{G2453} and{G2532} was about{G5259} to be slain{G337} of{G5259} them,{G846} when I{G2186} came upon them with{G4862} the soldiers{G4753} and rescued{G1807} him,{G846} having learned{G3129} that{G3754} he was{G2076} a Roman.{G4514}

And{G1161} desiring{G1014} to know{G1097} the cause{G156} {G1223} wherefore{G3739} they accused{G1458} him,{G846} I brought{G2609} him{G846} down{G2609} unto{G1519} their{G846} council:{G4892}

whom{G3739} I found{G2147} to be accused{G1458} about{G4012} questions{G2213} of their{G846} law,{G3551} but{G1161} to have{G2192} nothing{G3367} laid to his charge{G1462} worthy{G514} of death{G2288} or{G2228} of bonds.{G1199}

And{G1161} when it was shown{G3377} to me{G3427} {G5259} that{G2071} there would{G3195} be a{G3195} plot against the man,{G435} I sent{G3992} him to{G4314} thee{G4571} forthwith,{G1824} charging{G3853} his accusers{G2725} also{G2532} to speak{G3004} against{G4314} him{G846} before{G1909} thee.{G4675}

So{G3767} {G3303} the soldiers,{G4757} as{G2596} it was commanded{G1299} them,{G846} took{G353} Paul{G3972} and brought{G71} him by{G1223} night{G3571} to{G1519} Antipatris.{G494}

But on{G1161} the morrow{G1887} they left{G1439} the horsemen{G2460} to go{G4198} with{G4862} him,{G846} and returned{G5290} to{G1519} the castle:{G3925}

and{G2532} they, when they came{G1525} to{G1519} Caesarea{G2542} and{G2532} delivered{G325} the letter{G1992} to the governor,{G2232} presented{G3936} Paul{G3972} also{G2532} before him.{G846}

And{G2532} when{G1161} he{G2232} had read{G314} it, he asked{G1905} of{G1537} what{G4169} province{G1885} he was;{G2076} and{G2532} when he understood{G4441} that{G3754} he was of{G575} Cilicia,{G2791}

I will hear{G1251} thee{G4675} fully, said he,{G5346} when{G3752} thine{G4675} accusers{G2725} also{G2532} are come:{G3854} and{G5037} he commanded{G2753} him{G846} to be kept{G5442} in{G1722} Herod's{G2264} palace.{G4232}