Paul’s Journey to Jerusalem 1 TNT And it chaunsed that assone as we had launched forth and were departed from them we came with a strayght course vnto Choon and the daye folowinge vnto the Rhodes and from thence vnto Patara. BSB BSB: After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
2 TNT And we founde a shippe redy to sayle vnto Phenices and went a borde and set forthe. BSB BSB: Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.
3 TNT Then appered vnto vs Cyprus and we lefte it on the lefte honde and sayled vnto Syria and came vnto Tyre. For there the shyppe vnladed her burthen. BSB BSB: After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.
4 TNT And when we had founde brethren we taryed there .vii. dayes. And they tolde Paul thorowe the sprete that he shuld not goo vp to Ierusalem. BSB BSB: We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
5 TNT And when the dayes were ended we departed and went oure wayes and they all brought vs on oure waye with their wyves and chyldren tyll we were come out of the cyte. And we kneled doune in the shore and prayde. BSB BSB: But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.
6 TNT And when we had taken oure leave one of another we toke shyppe and they returned home agayne. BSB BSB: And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
7 TNT When we had full ended the course from Tyre we aryved at Ptolomaida and saluted the brethren and abode with the one daye. BSB BSB: When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.
Paul Visits Philip the Evangelist 8 TNT The nexte daye we that were of Pauls company departed and came vnto Cesarea. And we entred into the housse of Philip the Evagelist which was one of the seve deacones and abode with him. BSB BSB: Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
9 TNT The same man had fower doughters virges which dyd prophesy. BSB BSB: He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.
10 TNT And as we taried there a good many dayes there came a certayne prophete from Iurie named Agabus. BSB BSB: After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.
11 TNT When he was come vnto vs he toke Pauls gerdell and bounde his hondes and fete and sayde: thus saith the holy goost: so shall the Iewes at Ierusalem bynde the man that oweth this gerdell and shall delyver him into the hondes of the gentyls. BSB BSB: Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
12 TNT When we hearde this both we and other of the same place besought him that he wolde not goo vp to Ierusalem. BSB BSB: When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 TNT Then Paul answered and sayde: what do ye wepynge and breakinge myne hert? I am redy not to be bound only but also to dye at Ierusalem for the name of the Lorde Iesu. BSB BSB: Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
14 TNT When we coulde not turne his mynde we ceased sayinge: the will of the Lorde be fulfilled. BSB BSB: When he would not be dissuaded, we quieted down and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”
15 TNT After those dayes we made oure selfes redy and went vp to Ierusalem. BSB BSB: After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.
16 TNT There went with vs also certayne of his disciples of Cesarea and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus an olde disciple with whom we shuld lodge. BSB BSB: Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.
Paul’s Arrival at Jerusalem 17 TNT And when we were come to Ierusalem the brethren receaved vs gladly. BSB BSB: When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us joyfully.
18 TNT And on the morowe Paul wet in with vs vnto Iames. And all the elders came to geder. BSB BSB: The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.
19 TNT And when he had saluted them he tolde by order all thinges that God had wrought amonge the getyls by his ministracion. BSB BSB: Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.
21 TNT And they are informed of the that thou teachest all the Iewes which are amonge the gentyls to forsake Moses and sayst that they ought not to circumcise their chyldren nether to live after the customes. BSB BSB: But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
22 TNT What is it therfore? The multitude must nedes come togeder. For they shall heare that thou arte come. BSB BSB: What then should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.
23 TNT Do therfore this that we saye to the. We have .iiii. men which have a vowe on them. BSB BSB: Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.
24 TNT Them take and purifye thy selfe with them and do cost on them that they maye shave their heeddes and all shall knowe that tho thinges which they have hearde concerninge the are nothinge: but that thou thy selfe also walkest and kepest the lawe. BSB BSB: Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.
25 TNT For as touchinge the gentyls which beleve we have written and concluded that they observe no soche thinges: but that they kepe them selves from thinges offred to ydoles from bloud from strangled and from fornicacion. BSB BSB: As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”
26 TNT Then the nexte daye Paul toke the men and purified him selfe with them and entred into the temple declaringe that he observed the dayes of the purificacion vntyll that an offeringe shuld be offred for every one of them. BSB BSB: So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.
Paul Seized at the Temple 27 TNT And as the seven dayes shuld have bene ended the Iewes which were of Asia when they sawe him in the temple they moved all the people and layde hondes on him BSB BSB: When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
29 TNT For they sawe one Trophimus an Ephesian with him in the cyte. Him they supposed Paul had brought into the temple. BSB BSB: For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.
30 TNT And all the cyte was moved and the people swarmed to geder. And they toke Paul and drue him out of the temple and forthwith the dores were shut to. BSB BSB: The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.
31 TNT As they went about to kyll him tydinges came vnto the hye captayne of the soudiers that all Ierusalem was moved. BSB BSB: While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.
32 TNT Which immediatly toke soudiers and vndercaptaynes and ranne doune vnto them. When they sawe the vpper captayne and the soudiers they lefte smytinge of Paul. BSB BSB: Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
33 TNT Then the captayne came neare and toke him and commaunded him to be bounde with two chaynes and demaunded what he was and what he had done. BSB BSB: The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
34 TNT And one cryed this another that amonge the people. And when he coulde not knowe the certayntie for the rage he commaunded him to be caryed into the castle. BSB BSB: Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.
35 TNT And when he came vnto a grece it fortuned that he was borne of the soudiers of the violence of the people. BSB BSB: When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.
36 TNT For the multitude of the people folowed after cryinge: awaye with him. BSB BSB: For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”
Paul Addresses the Crowd 37 TNT And as Paul shuld have bene caryed into the castle he sayde vnto the hye Captayne: maye I speake vnto the? Which sayde: canst thou speake Greke? BSB BSB: As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
38 TNT Arte not thou that Egypcian which before these dayes made an vproure and ledde out into the wildernes .iiii. thousande men that were mortherers? BSB BSB: “Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the Assassins into the wilderness?”
39 TNT But Paul sayde: I am a man which am a Iewe of Tharsus a cite in Cicill a Citesyn of no vyle cite I beseche the soffre me to speake vnto the people. BSB BSB: But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
40 TNT When he had geve him licence Paul stode on the steppes and beckned with the honde vuto the people and ther was made a greate silence. And he spake vnto the in the Ebrue tonge sayinge: BSB BSB: Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
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