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And on the first of the sabbaths, the disciples having been assembled to break bread, being about to depart on the morrow, Paul reasoned to them. And he continued his speech until midnight.

But going down Paul fell on him, and embracing him , he said, Do not be terrified, for his soul is in him.

Then take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit placed you as overseers, to shepherd the assembly of God which He purchased through His own blood.

And now, brothers, I commend you to God and to the Word of His grace, which is able to build up and to give you inheritance among all those being sanctified.

And saying these things, placing his knees, he prayed with them all.

most of all grieving for the word which he said, that they were going to see his face no more. And they went with him to the ship.

And coming to us, and taking Paul's girdle, and binding his hands and feet, he said, The Holy Spirit says these things : In Jerusalem the Jews will bind in this way the man whose girdle this is, and will deliver him up into the hands of the nations.

And having greeted them, he related one by one what things God had worked among the nations through his ministry.

And he allowing him, standing on the stairs, Paul signaled with his hand to the people. And much silence taking place, he spoke in the Hebrew dialect, saying,

But those being with me indeed saw the light, and were alarmed, but did not hear His voice speaking to me.

And he said, The God of our fathers appointed you to know His will, and to see the Just One, and to hear a voice out of His mouth;

And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was poured out, I myself also was standing by and consenting to his execution, and holding the garments of those killing him.

But Ananias the high priest ordered those standing by him to strike his mouth.

Now, then, you with the sanhedrin inform the chiliarch, so that tomorrow he may bring him down to you, as intending more accurately to find out about him. And before his drawing near, we are ready to kill him.

And laying hold of his hand, and drawing aside privately, the chiliarch asked, What is it that you have to report to me?

commanding his accusers to come to you, from whom you will be able yourself to know, having examined as to all these things of which we accuse him.

And having ordered the centurion to keep Paul, and to have ease, and not to forbid anyone of his own to minister or to come to him, he dismissed them .

And after some days, Felix having arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess, he sent for Paul. And he heard him concerning the faith in Christ.

And on the next day we landed at Sidon. And treating Paul kindly, Julius allowed him to go to his friends to receive care.

And Paul gathering a bunch of sticks, and putting them on the fire, a snake coming out from the heat fastened on his hand.