to assume the task<n id="1" /> of this service<n id="2" /> and apostleship from which Judas turned aside<n id="3" /> to go to his own place.&#8221;<n id="4" />

Because they were afraid<n id="1" /> that we would run aground on the rocky coast,<n id="2" /> they threw out<n id="3" /> four anchors from the stern and wished<n id="4" /> for day to appear.<n id="5" />

They brought forward false witnesses who said, &#8220;This man does not stop saying things against this holy place<n id="1" /> and the law.<n id="2" />

<b><i>But I will punishi>b><n id="1" /> <b><i>the nation they serve as slavesi>b>,&#8217; said God, &#8216;<b><i>and after these things they will come out of therei>b><n id="2" /> and <i>worshipi><n id="3" /> <i>me in this placei>.&#8217;<n id="4" />

<b><i>But the Lord said to him,i>b> &#8216;<i><b>Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy groundb>.i><n id="1" />

We went on board<n id="1" /> a ship from Adramyttium<n id="2" /> that was about to sail to various ports<n id="3" /> along the coast of the province of Asia<n id="4" /> and put out to sea,<n id="5" /> accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian<n id="6" /> from Thessalonica.<n id="7" />

With difficulty we sailed along the coast<n id="1" /> of Crete<n id="2" /> and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea.<n id="3" />p>

But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents<n id="1" /> and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force<n id="2" /> of the waves.

<p class="bodytext">Now in the region around that place<n id="1" /> were fields belonging to the chief official<n id="2" /> of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably as guests for three days.

shouting, &#8220;Men of Israel,<n id="1" /> help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law,<n id="2" /> and this sanctuary!<n id="3" /> Furthermore<n id="4" /> he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple<n id="5" /> and made this holy place ritually unclean!&#8221;<n id="6" />

When<n id="1" /> they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken,<n id="2" /> and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak<n id="3" /> the word of God<n id="4" /> courageously.<n id="5" />p>

For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs<n id="1" /> that Moses handed down to us.&#8221;

<p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>Heaven is my throne,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>and earth is the footstool for my feetb>.i>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>or what is my resting place?i>b><n id="1" />p>

He motioned to them<n id="1" /> with his hand to be quiet and then related<n id="2" /> how the Lord had brought<n id="3" /> him out of the prison. He said, &#8220;Tell James and the brothers these things,&#8221; and then he left and went to another place.<n id="4" />p>

Paul wanted Timothy<n id="1" /> to accompany him, and he took<n id="2" /> him and circumcised<n id="3" /> him because of the Jews who were in those places,<n id="4" /> for they all knew that his father was Greek.<n id="5" />

I answered them<n id="1" /> that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone<n id="2" /> before the accused had met his accusers face to face<n id="3" /> and had been given<n id="4" /> an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation.<n id="5" />