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.

<t /><p class="bodytext">After three days<n id="1" /> Paul<n id="2" /> called the local Jewish leaders<n id="3" /> together. When they had assembled, he said to them, &#8220;Brothers,<n id="4" /> although I had done<n id="5" /> nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors,<n id="6" /> from Jerusalem<n id="7" /> I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans.<n id="8" />

<p class="otpoetry"><b><i>For the heart of this people has become dull,i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and their ears are hard of hearing,i>b><n id="2" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and they have closed their eyes,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>so that they would not see with their eyesi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and hear with their earsi>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and understand with their hearti>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>and turn,i>b><n id="3" /> <i><b>and I would heal themb>.i>&#8221;&#8217;<n id="4" />p>