I have<n id="1" /> a hope in God (a hope<n id="2" /> that<n id="3" /> these men<n id="4" /> themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous.<n id="5" />

When I was in Jerusalem,<n id="1" /> the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed<n id="2" /> me about him,<n id="3" /> asking for a sentence of condemnation<n id="4" /> against him.

Because I was at a loss<n id="1" /> how I could investigate these matters,<n id="2" /> I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried<n id="3" /> there on these charges.<n id="4" />

But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor,<n id="1" /> I ordered him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar.&#8221;<n id="2" />

a promise<n id="1" /> that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God<n id="2" /> night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me,<n id="3" /> Your Majesty!<n id="4" />

I punished<n id="1" /> them often in all the synagogues<n id="2" /> and tried to force<n id="3" /> them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged<n id="4" /> at them, I went to persecute<n id="5" /> them even in foreign cities.p>

<p class="bodytext">As Paul<n id="1" /> was saying these things in his defense, Festus<n id="2" /> exclaimed loudly, &#8220;You have lost your mind,<n id="3" /> Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">When it was decided we<n id="1" /> would sail to Italy,<n id="2" /> they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion<n id="3" /> of the Augustan Cohort<n id="4" /> named Julius.

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" />

The next day we put in<n id="1" /> at Sidon,<n id="2" /> and Julius, treating Paul kindly,<n id="3" /> allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed.<n id="4" />

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>

After the crew<n id="1" /> had hoisted it aboard,<n id="2" /> they used supports<n id="3" /> to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground<n id="4" /> on the Syrtis,<n id="5" /> they lowered the sea anchor,<n id="6" /> thus letting themselves be driven along.

Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship&#8217;s boat into the sea, pretending<n id="1" /> that they were going to put out anchors from the bow,

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.

When they heard this, they entered the temple courts<n id="1" /> at daybreak and began teaching.<n id="2" />p> <p class="bodytext">Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin<n id="3" /> &#8211; that is, the whole high council<n id="4" /> of the Israelites<n id="5" /> &#8211; and sent to the jail to have the apostles<n id="6" /> brought before them.<n id="7" />

There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute,<n id="1" /> but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis<n id="2" /> will be regarded as nothing,<n id="3" /> and she whom all the province of Asia<n id="4" /> and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.&#8221;<n id="5" />p>

When<n id="1" /> they had entered Jerusalem,<n id="2" /> they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter<n id="3" /> and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;Men of Israel,<n id="1" /> listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds,<n id="2" /> wonders, and miraculous signs<n id="3" /> that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know &#8211;

Peter said to them, &#8220;Repent, and each one of you be baptized<n id="1" /> in the name of Jesus Christ<n id="2" /> for<n id="3" /> the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.<n id="4" />

And a man lame<n id="1" /> from birth<n id="2" /> was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called &#8220;the Beautiful Gate&#8221; every day<n id="3" /> so he could beg for money<n id="4" /> from those going into the temple courts.<n id="5" />