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23:1	And Paul having earnestly beheld the sanhedrim, said, `Men, brethren, I in all good conscience have lived to God unto this day;'
23:2	and the chief priest Ananias commanded those standing by him to smite him on the mouth,
23:3	then Paul said unto him, `God is about to smite thee, thou whitewashed wall, and thou -- thou dost sit judging me according to the law, and, violating law, dost order me to be smitten!'
23:4	And those who stood by said, `The chief priest of God dost thou revile?'
23:5	and Paul said, `I did not know, brethren, that he is chief priest: for it hath been written, Of the ruler of thy people thou shalt not speak evil;'
23:6	and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, `Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee -- son of a Pharisee -- concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.'
23:7	And he having spoken this, there came a dissension of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees, and the crowd was divided,
23:8	for Sadducees, indeed, say there is no rising again, nor messenger, nor spirit, but Pharisees confess both.
23:9	And there came a great cry, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part having arisen, were striving, saying, `No evil do we find in this man; and if a spirit spake to him, or a messenger, we may not fight against God;'
23:10	and a great dissension having come, the chief captain having been afraid lest Paul may be pulled to pieces by them, commanded the soldiery, having gone down, to take him by force out of the midst of them, and to bring `him' to the castle.
23:11	And on the following night, the Lord having stood by him, said, `Take courage, Paul, for as thou didst fully testify the things concerning me at Jerusalem, so it behoveth thee also at Rome to testify.'
23:12	And day having come, certain of the Jews having made a concourse, did anathematize themselves, saying neither to eat nor to drink till they may kill Paul;
23:13	and they were more than forty who made this conspiracy by oath,
23:14	who having come near to the chief priests and to the elders said, `With an anathema we did anathematize ourselves -- to taste nothing till we have killed Paul;
23:15	now, therefore, ye, signify ye to the chief captain, with the sanhedrim, that to-morrow he may bring him down unto you, as being about to know more exactly the things concerning him; and we, before his coming nigh, are ready to put him to death.'
23:16	And the son of Paul's sister having heard of the lying in wait, having gone and entered into the castle, told Paul,
23:17	and Paul having called near one of the centurions, said, `This young man lead unto the chief captain, for he hath something to tell him.'
23:18	He indeed, then, having taken him, brought him unto the chief captain, and saith, `The prisoner Paul, having called me near, asked `me' this young man to bring unto thee, having something to say to thee.'
23:19	And the chief captain having taken him by the hand, and having withdrawn by themselves, inquired, `What is that which thou hast to tell me?'
23:20	and he said -- `The Jews agreed to request thee, that to-morrow to the sanhedrim thou mayest bring down Paul, as being about to enquire something more exactly concerning him;
23:21	thou, therefore, mayest thou not yield to them, for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who did anathematize themselves -- not to eat nor to drink till they kill him, and now they are ready, waiting for the promise from thee.'
23:22	The chief captain, then, indeed, let the young man go, having charged `him' to tell no one, `that these things thou didst shew unto me;'
23:23	and having called near a certain two of the centurions, he said, `Make ready soldiers two hundred, that they may go on unto Caesarea, and horsemen seventy, and spearmen two hundred, from the third hour of the night;
23:24	beasts also provide, that, having set Paul on, they may bring him safe unto Felix the governor;'
23:25	he having written a letter after this description:
23:26	`Claudius Lysias, to the most noble governor Felix, hail:
23:27	This man having been taken by the Jews, and being about to be killed by them -- having come with the soldiery, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman;
23:28	and, intending to know the cause for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their sanhedrim,
23:29	whom I found accused concerning questions of their law, and having no accusation worthy of death or bonds;
23:30	and a plot having been intimated to me against this man -- about to be of the Jews -- at once I sent unto thee, having given command also to the accusers to say the things against him before thee; be strong.'
23:31	Then, indeed, the soldiers according to that directed them, having taken up Paul, brought him through the night to Antipatris,
23:32	and on the morrow, having suffered the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the castle;
23:33	those having entered into Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, did present also Paul to him.
23:34	And the governor having read `it', and inquired of what province he is, and understood that `he is' from Cilicia;
23:35	`I will hear thee -- said he -- when thine accusers also may have come;' he also commanded him to be kept in the praetorium of Herod.


23:1	Paul behelde the counsell and sayde: men and brethre I have lived in all good coscience before God vntill this daye.
23:2	The hye prest Ananias comaunded the that stode by to smyte him on the mouth.
23:3	Then sayde Paul to him: God smyte the thou payntyd wall. Sittest thou and iudgest me after the lawe: and commaundest me to be smytten contrary to the lawe?
23:4	And they that stode by sayde: revylest thou Goddes hye preste?
23:5	Then sayd Paul: I wist not brethren that he was the hye preste. For it is writte thou shalt not curse the rular of thy people.
23:6	When Paul perceaved that the one parte were Saduces and the other Pharises: he cryed oute in the counsell. Men and brethren I am a Pharisaye the sonne of a Pharisaye. Of the hope and resurreccion fro deeth I am iudged.
23:7	And when he had so sayde ther arose a debate bitwene the Pharisayes and ye Saduces and the multitude was devided.
23:8	For ye Saduces saye that ther is no resurreccio nether angell nor sprete. But the Pharisayes graunt bothe.
23:9	And ther arose a great crye and the Scribes which were of the Pharisayes parte arose and strove sayinge: we fynde none evyll in this man. Though a sprete or an angell hath apered to him let vs not stryve agaynst God.
23:10	And when ther arose greate debate the captayne fearynge lest Paul shuld have bene pluckt asondre of them comaunded the soudiers to goo doune and to take him from amonge them and to bringe him into the castle.
23:11	The nyght folowyng God stode by him and sayde: Be of good cheare Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Ierusalem so must thou beare witnes at Rome.
23:12	When daye was come certayne of the Iewes gaddered them selves to geder and made a vowe sayinge that they wolde nether eate nor drinke till they had killed Paul.
23:13	They were aboute .xl. which had made this conspiracio.
23:14	And they cam to ye chefe prestes and elders and sayde: we have boude oure selves with a vowe that we will eate nothinge vntill we have slayne Paul.
23:15	Now therfore geve ye knowlege to the vpper captayne and to the counsell that he bringe him forth vnto vs to morow as though we wolde knowe some thinge more perfectly of him. But we (or ever he come neare) are redy in ye meane season to kill him.
23:16	When Pauls sisters sonne hearde of their layinge awayte he wet and entred into the castle and tolde Paul.
23:17	And Paul called one of ye vnder captaynes vnto him and sayde: bringe this younge man vnto ye hye captayne: for he hath a certayne thinge to shewe him.
23:18	And he toke him and sayd: Paul ye presoner called me vnto him and prayed me to brige this youge ma vnto ye which hath a certayne matter to shewe ye.
23:19	The hye captayne toke him by the hond and wet a parte with him out of the waye: and axed him: what hast thou to saye vnto me?
23:20	And he sayd: the Iewes are determined to desyre the yt thou woldest brynge forth Paul to morowe into the counsell as though they wolde enquyre somwhat of him more parfectly.
23:21	But folowe not their mindes: for ther lyein wayte for him of the moo then .xl. men which have boude the selves wt a vowe that they will nether eate ner drinke till they have killed him. And now are they redy and loke for thy promes.
23:22	The vpper captayne let ye yoge man departe and charged: se thou tell it out to no man that thou hast shewed these thinges to me.
23:23	And he called vnto him two vnder captaynes sayinge: make redy two hondred soudiers to goo to Cesarea and horsmen threscore and ten and speare men two houndred at the thyrde houre of the nyght.
23:24	And delyvre them beastes that they maye put Paul on and bringe him safe vnto Felix the hye debite
23:25	and wrote a letter in this maner.
23:26	Claudius Lisias vnto ye most mighty rular Felix sendeth gretinges.
23:27	This man was take of the Iewes and shuld have bene killed of them. Then cam I with soudiers and rescued him and perceaved that he was a Romayne.
23:28	And when I wolde have knowen the cause wherfore they accused him I brought him forth into their cousell.
23:29	There perceaved I yt he was accused of questios of their lawe: but was not giltye of eny thinge worthy of deeth or of bondes.
23:30	Afterwarde when it was shewed me how that ye Iewes layde wayte for ye man I sent him strayght waye to the and gave commaundmet to his accusars yf they had ought agaynst him to tell it vnto ye: fare well.
23:31	Then ye soudiers as it was comaunded the toke Paul and brought him by nyght to Antipatras.
23:32	On the morowe they lefte horsmen to goo with him and returned vnto the castle.
23:33	Which when they cam to Cesarea they delivered the epistle to the debite and presented Paul before him.
23:34	When the debite had redde the letter he axed of what countre he was and when he vnderstode that he was of Cicill
23:35	I will heare the (sayde he) whe thyne accusars are come also: and commaunded him to be kepte in Herodes pallys.


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.

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