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Acts - Chapter: 23


23:1	And Paul earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I haue liued in all good conscience before God vntill this day.
23:2	And the high Priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him, to smite him on the mouth.
23:3	Then saith Paul vnto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to iudge mee after the Law, and commandest mee to be smitten contrary to the Law?
23:4	And they that stood by, said, Reuilest thou Gods high Priest?
23:5	Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that hee was the high Prist: For it is written, Thou shalt not speake euill of the ruler of thy people.
23:6	But when Paul perceiued that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, hee cryed out in the Councill, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the sonne of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead, I am called in question.
23:7	And when hee had so said, there arose a dissension betweene the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was diuided.
23:8	For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither Angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confesse both.
23:9	And there arose a great cry: and the Scribes that were of the Pharisees part arose, and stroue, saying, Wee finde no euill in this man: but if a spirit or an Angel hath spoken to him, let vs not fight against God.
23:10	And when there arose a great dissension, the chiefe captaine fearing lest Paul should haue bene pulled in pieces of them, commanded the souldiers to goe downe, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.
23:11	And the night folowing, the Lord stood by him, and saide, Bee of good cheere, Paul: for as thou hast testified of mee in Hierusalem, so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome.
23:12	And when it was day, certaine of the Iewes banded together, and bound themselues vnder a curse, saying, that they would neither eate nor drinke till they had killed Paul.
23:13	And they were more then fourtie which had made this conspiracie.
23:14	And they came to the chiefe Priests and Elders, and said, Wee haue bound our selues vnder a great curse, that wee will eate nothing vntill wee haue slaine Paul.
23:15	Now therefore ye with the Councill, signifie to the chiefe captaine that he bring him downe vnto you to morrow, as though yee would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or euer he come neere, are ready to kill him.
23:16	And when Pauls sisters sonne heard of their laying in wait, hee went and entred into the castle, & told Paul.
23:17	Then Paul called one of the Centurions vnto him, and said, Bring this yong man vnto the chiefe captaine: for he hath a certaine thing to tell him.
23:18	So he took him, and brought him to the chiefe captaine, and said, Paul the prisoner called me vnto him, and praied mee to bring this yong man vnto thee, who hath something to say vnto thee.
23:19	Then the chiefe captaine tooke him by the hand, and went with him aside priuately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?
23:20	And he said, The Iewes haue agreed to desire thee, that thou wouldest bring downe Paul to morrow into the Council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
23:21	But do not thou yeeld vnto them: for there lie in wait for him of them moe then fourtie men, which haue bound themselues with an othe, that they will neither eate nor drinke, till they haue killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
23:22	So the chiefe captaine then let the yong man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man, that thou hast shewed these things to me.
23:23	And he called vnto him two Centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred souldiers to goe to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearemen two hundred, at the third houre of the night.
23:24	And prouide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe vnto Felix the gouernour.
23:25	And hee wrote a letter after this manner:
23:26	Claudius Lysias, vnto the most excellent Gouernour Felix, sendeth greeting.
23:27	This man was taken of the Iewes and should haue beene killed of them: Then came I with an armie, and rescued him, hauing vnderstood that he was a Romane.
23:28	And when I would haue knowen the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him foorth into their Council.
23:29	Whom I perceiued to be accused of questions of their lawe, but to haue nothing laide to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.
23:30	And when it was tolde me, how that the Iewes laid waite for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gaue commandement to his accusers also, to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
23:31	Then the souldiers, as it was commaunded them, tooke Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
23:32	On the morow, they left the horsemen to goe with him, and returned to the castle.
23:33	Who when they came to Cesarea, and deliuered the Epistle to the gouernour, presented Paul also before him.
23:34	And when the gouernour had read the letter, he asked of what prouince he was. And when he vnderstood that he was of Cilicia:
23:35	I will heare thee, said hee, when thine accusers are also come. And hee commanded him to be kept in Herods iudgement hall.


23:1	Paul behelde the councell, and sayde: Ye men and brethren, I haue lyued with all good conscience before God vnto this daye:
23:2	But the hye prest Ananias commaunded them that stode aboute him, to smyte hi on the mouth.
23:3	Then sayde Paul vnto him: God shal smyte the thou paynted wall. Syttest thou and iudgest me after the lawe, and commaundest me to be smytten cotrary to ye lawe?
23:4	And they that stode aboute hi, sayde: Reuylest thou Gods hye prest?
23:5	And Paul sayde: Brethre, I wyst not that he was the hye prest. For it is wrytte: The ruler of thy people shalt thou not curse.
23:6	But whan Paul knewe that the one parte was Saduces, and the other parte Pharises, he cried out in ye councell: Ye men and brethren, I am a Pharise, and the sonne of a Pharise, Of hope and resurreccion of the deed am I iudged.
23:7	And whan he had so sayde, there arose a dissencion betwene ye Pharises and the Saduces, and the multitude was deuyded:
23:8	for the Saduces saye that there is no resurreccion, nether angell, ner sprete: but the Pharises graute both.
23:9	And there was made a greate crye. And ye Scrybes of the Pharyses secte, stode vp, and stroue, and sayde: We fynde no euell in this ma. But yf a sprete or an angell haue spoke vnto him, let vs not stryue agaynst God.
23:10	But whan the discension was greate, ye vpper captayne feared, that Paul shulde haue bene pluckte a sonder of them, and commaunded the soudyers to go downe, and to take him from them, and to brynge him in to the castell.
23:11	But in the nighte folowinge, the LORDE stode by him, and sayde: Be of good cheare Paul, for as thou hast testified of me at Ierusalem so must thou testifye at Rome also.
23:12	Now whan it was daye, certayne of the Iewes gathered them selues together, and made a vowe nether to eate ner drynke, tyll they had kylled Paul.
23:13	They were mo then fortye, which had made this conspyracion.
23:14	These came to the hye prestes and Elders, and sayde: We haue bounde oure selues wt a vowe, that we wil eate nothinge, tyll we haue slayne Paul.
23:15	Now therfore geue ye knowlege to the vpper captayne and to the councell, that he maye brynge him forth vnto you tomorow, as though ye wolde heare him yet better: As for vs, we are ready to kyll him, or euer he come nye you.
23:16	But whan Pauls sisters sonne herde of their layenge awayte, he came, and entred into the castell, and tolde Paul.
23:17	So Paul called vnto him one of ye vnder captaynes, and sayde: Brynge this yonge man to the vpper captayne, for he hath somewhat to saye to him.
23:18	He toke him, and broughte him to the vpper captayne, and sayde: Paul the presoner called me vnto him, and prayed me to brynge to the this yonge man, which hath somwhat to saye vnto the.
23:19	Then the hye captayne toke him by the hande, and wente asyde with him out of the waye, and axed him: What is it, that thou hast to saye vnto me?
23:20	He sayde: The Iewes are agreed together, to desyre the, to let Paul be broughte forth tomorow before the councell, as though they wolde yet heare him better.
23:21	But folowe not thou their myndes, for there laye wayte for him mo then fortye men off them, which haue bounde them selues with a vowe, nether to eate ner drynke, tyll they haue slayne Paul: and euen now are they redye, and loke for thy promes.
23:22	Then the vpper captayne let the yonge man departe, and charged him to tell noman, that he had shewed him this.
23:23	And he called vnto him two vndercaptaynes, and sayde: Make redye two hundreth soudyers, that they maye go to Cesarea, and thre score and ten horsmen, and two hundreth speare men at the thirde houre of the nighte,
23:24	and delyuer the beastes, that they maye set Paul theron, and brynge him safe vnto Felix the debyte,
23:25	and he wrote a letter on this maner:
23:26	Claudius Lysias, vnto the most mightie Debyte Felix, gretynge.
23:27	The Iewes had taken this man, and wolde haue slayne him, then came I with soudyers, and rescued him, and perceaued that he is a Romayne.
23:28	And whan I wolde haue knowne the cause, wherfore they accused hi, I broughte him in to their councell:
23:29	then perceaued I, that he was accused aboute questions of their lawe. But there was no accusacion worthy of death or of bondes.
23:30	And whan it was shewed me, that certayne Iewes layed wayte for him, I sent him straight waye vnto the, and commaunded the accusers also, that loke what they had agaynst him, they shulde tell the same before the. Fare well.
23:31	The soudyers (as it was commaunded them) toke Paul, and broughte him to Antipatras.
23:32	But on the nexte daye, they lefte ye horse men to go with him, and turned agayne to the castell.
23:33	When these came to Cesarea, they delyuered the letter vnto the Debyte, & presented Paul before him also.
23:34	Whan the Debyte had red the letter, he axed off what countre he was. And wha he vnderstode that he was of Celicia,
23:35	he sayde: I wil heare the, whan thine accusers are come also. And he commaunded him to be kepte in Herodes iudgment house.


23:1	And Poul bihelde in to the counsel, and seide, Britheren, Y with al good conscience haue lyued bifore God, `til in to this dai.
23:2	And Anany, prince of prestis, comaundide to men that stoden nyy hym, that thei schulden smyte his mouth.
23:3	Thanne Poul seide to hym, Thou whitid wal, God smyte thee; thou sittist, and demest me bi the lawe, and ayens the law thou comaundist me to be smytun.
23:4	And thei that stoden niy, seiden, Cursist thou the hiyest prest of God?
23:5	And Poul seide, Britheren, Y wiste not, that he is prince of preestis; for it is writun, Thou schalt not curse the prince of thi puple.
23:6	But Poul wiste, that o parti was of Saduceis, and the othere of Fariseis; and he criede in the counsel, Britheren, Y am a Farisee, the sone of Farisees; Y am demyd of the hope and of the ayen rising of deed men.
23:7	And whanne he hadde seid this thing, dissencioun was maad bitwixe the Fariseis and the Saduceis, and the multitude was departid.
23:8	For Saduceis seien, that no `rysing ayen of deed men is, nether aungel, nether spirit; but Fariseis knowlechen euer eithir.
23:9	And a greet cry was maad. And summe of Farisees rosen vp, and fouyten, seiynge, We fynden no thing of yuel in this man; what if a spirit, ether an aungel spak to hym?
23:10	And whanne greet discencioun was maad, the tribune dredde, lest Poul schulde be to-drawun of hem; and he comaundide knyytis to go doun, and to take hym fro the myddil of hem, and to lede hym in to castels.
23:11	And in the niyt suynge the Lord stood niy to hym, and seide, Be thou stidfast; for as thou hast witnessid of me in Jerusalem, so it bihoueth thee to witnesse also at Rome.
23:12	And whanne the dai was come, summe of the Jewis gaderiden hem, and maden `avow, and seiden, that thei schulden nether eete, ne drinke, til thei slowen Poul.
23:13	And there weren mo than fourti men, that maden this sweryng togider.
23:14	And thei wenten to the princis of prestis, and eldre men, and seiden, With deuocioun we han a vowid, that we schulen not taste ony thing, til we sleen Poul.
23:15	Now therfor make ye knowun to the tribune, with the counsel, that he bringe hym forth to you, as if ye schulden knowe sum thing more certeynli of hym; and we ben redi to sle hym, bifor that he come.
23:16	And whanne the sone of Poulis sister hadde herd the aspies, he cam, and entride in to the castels, and telde to Poul.
23:17	And Poul clepide to hym oon of the centuriens, and seide, Lede this yonge man to the tribune, for he hath sum thing to schewe to hym.
23:18	And he took hym, and ledde to the tribune, and seide, Poul, that is boundun, preide me to lede to thee this yonge man, that hath sum thing to speke to thee.
23:19	And the tribune took his hoond, and wente with hym asidis half, and axide hym, What thing is it, that thou hast to schewe to me?
23:20	And he seide, The Jewis ben acordid to preye thee, that to morewe thou brynge forth Poul in to the counsel, as if thei schulden enquere sum thing more certeynli of hym.
23:21	But bileue thou not to hem; for mo than fourti men of hem aspien hym, which han a vowid, that thei schulen not eete nether drynke, til thei sleen hym; and now thei ben redi, abidinge thi biheest.
23:22	Therfor the tribune lefte the yonge man, and comaundide, that he schulde speke to no man, that he hadde maad these thingis knowun to hym.
23:23	And he clepide togidre twei centuriens, and he seide to hem, Make ye redi twei hundrid knyytis, that thei go to Cesarie, and horse men seuenti, and spere men twey hundrid, fro the thridde our of the nyyt.
23:24	And make ye redy an hors, for Poul to ride on, to lede hym saaf to Felix, the presydent.
23:25	For the tribune dredde, lest the Jewis wolden take hym bi the weie, and sle hym, and aftirward he miyte be chalengid, as he hadde take money.
23:26	And wroot hym `a pistle, conteynynge these thingis. Claudius Lisias to the beste Felix, president, heelthe.
23:27	This man that was take of the Jewis, and bigan to be slayn, Y cam vpon hem with myn oost, and delyuerede hym fro hem, whanne Y knewe that he was a Romayn.
23:28	And Y wolde wite the cause, which thei puttiden ayens hym; and Y ledde hym to the counsel of hem.
23:29	And Y foond, that he was accusid of questiouns of her lawe, but he hadde no cryme worthi the deth, ethir boondis.
23:30	And whanne it was teeld me of the aspies, that thei arayden for hym, Y sente hym to thee, and Y warnede also the accuseris, that thei seie at thee. Fare wel.
23:31	And so the knyytis, as thei weren comaundid, token Poul, and ledde hym bi nyyt into Antipatriden.
23:32	And in the dai suynge, whanne the horsmen weren left, that schulden go with hym, thei turneden ayen to the castels.
23:33	And whanne thei camen to Cesarie, thei token the pistle to the president, and thei setten also Poul byfore him.
23:34	And whanne he hadde red, and axide, of what prouynce he was, and knewe that he was of Cilicie,
23:35	Y schal here thee, he seide, whanne thin accuseris comen. And he comaundide hym to be kept in the moot halle of Eroude.

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