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And, before his advent, he sent John to proclaim the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

And while John was fulfilling his ministry, he said: Who, suppose ye, that I am? I am not he. But lo, he cometh after me; of whom I am not worthy to untie his shoe-strings.

And he was seen many days, by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem; and they are now his witnesses to the people.

For David, in his generation, served the pleasure of God, and went to rest, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption.

And they continued there a long time, and spoke openly concerning the Lord; and he gave testimony to the word of his grace, by the signs and prodigies which he wrought by their hands.

And a certain man dwelt in the city Lystra, who was afflicted in his feet, a cripple from his mother's womb, who had never walked.

Simon hath related to you, how God hath begun to elect a people for his name from among the Gentiles.

But Paul chose Silas for his companion, and departed, being commended by the brethren to the grace of God.

And he came to the city Derbe, and to Lystra. And there was a certain disciple there, whose name was Timothy, the son of a believing Jewess, but his father was a Gentile.

Him Paul was disposed to take with him: and he took him, and circumcised him, because of the Jews that were in that region; for they all knew that his father was a Gentile.

And they spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all the members of his house.

And the same hour of the night, he took and washed them from their stripes; and he was baptized immediately, he and all the members of his house.

And he took them and brought them into his house, and set a table for them; and he rejoiced in the faith of God, he and all the members of his house.

And Paul, as was his custom, went in to them; and during three sabbaths he discoursed with them from the scriptures;

And while Paul was waiting [fn] at Athens, he was pained in his spirit; because he saw that the whole city was full of idols.

And also philosophers of the sect of Epicureans, and others who were called Stoics, disputed with him. And one and another of them said: What doth this word-monger mean? Others said: He announceth foreign deities; because he preached to them Jesus and his resurrection.

And of one blood hath he made the whole world of men, that they might dwell on the face of all the earth: and he hath separated the seasons by his ordinance; and hath set bounds to the residence of men:

that they might inquire and search after God, and, by means of his creations, might find him; because he is not afar off from each one of us:

And he found there a man, a Jew, whose name was Aquila, who was from the region of Pontus, and had just then arrived from the country of Italy, he and Priscilla his wife, because Claudius Caesar had commanded that all Jews should depart from Rome. And he went to them

And he shook his garments, and said to them: Henceforth I am clean; I betake myself to the Gentiles.