About three o&#8217;clock one afternoon<n id="1" /> he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God<n id="2" /> who came in<n id="3" /> and said to him, &#8220;Cornelius.&#8221;

When he saw that this pleased the Jews,<n id="1" /> he proceeded to arrest Peter too. (This took place during the feast of Unleavened Bread.)<n id="2" />

Moving on from<n id="1" /> Perga,<n id="2" /> they arrived at Pisidian Antioch,<n id="3" /> and on the Sabbath day they went into<n id="4" /> the synagogue<n id="5" /> and sat down.

and<n id="1" /> for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied<n id="2" /> him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These<n id="3" /> are now his witnesses to the people.

and from there to Philippi,<n id="1" /> which is a leading city of that district<n id="2" /> of Macedonia,<n id="3" /> a Roman colony.<n id="4" /> We stayed in this city for some days.

On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down<n id="1" /> and began to speak<n id="2" /> to the women<n id="3" /> who had assembled there.<n id="4" />

So he was addressing<n id="1" /> the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles<n id="2" /> in the synagogue,<n id="3" /> and in the marketplace every day<n id="4" /> those who happened to be there.

After we located<n id="1" /> the disciples, we stayed there<n id="2" /> seven days. They repeatedly told<n id="3" /> Paul through the Spirit<n id="4" /> not to set foot<n id="5" /> in Jerusalem.<n id="6" />

We continued the voyage from Tyre<n id="1" /> and arrived at Ptolemais,<n id="2" /> and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day.

Then you&#8217;re not that Egyptian who started a rebellion<n id="1" /> and led the four thousand men of the &#8216;Assassins&#8217;<n id="2" /> into the wilderness<n id="3" /> some time ago?&#8221;<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">Paul looked directly<n id="1" /> at the council<n id="2" /> and said, &#8220;Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience<n id="3" /> before God to this day.&#8221;

<t /><p class="bodytext">When morning came,<n id="1" /> the Jews formed<n id="2" /> a conspiracy<n id="3" /> and bound themselves with an oath<n id="4" /> not to eat or drink anything<n id="5" /> until they had killed Paul.

<t /><p class="bodytext">After five days the high priest Ananias<n id="1" /> came down with some elders and an attorney<n id="2" /> named<n id="3" /> Tertullus, and they<n id="4" /> brought formal charges<n id="5" /> against Paul to the governor.

As you can verify<n id="1" /> for yourself, not more than twelve days ago<n id="2" /> I went up to Jerusalem<n id="3" /> to worship.

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" />

about noon along the road, Your Majesty,<n id="1" /> I saw a light from heaven,<n id="2" /> brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around<n id="3" /> me and those traveling with me.

We sailed slowly<n id="1" /> for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus.<n id="2" /> Because the wind prevented us from going any farther,<n id="3" /> we sailed under the lee<n id="4" /> of Crete off Salmone.<n id="5" />

When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent<n id="1" /> storm continued to batter us,<n id="2" /> we finally abandoned all hope of being saved.<n id="3" />p>

<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.

Then Paul took the men the next day,<n id="1" /> and after he had purified himself<n id="2" /> along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice<n id="3" /> of the completion of the days of purification,<n id="4" /> when<n id="5" /> the sacrifice would be offered for each<n id="6" /> of them.