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And when he was comeuntous*, he tookPaul'sgirdle,andbound his ownhandsandfeet, and said, Thussaith the HolyGhost,Soshall the JewsatJerusalembind the manthatowneththisgirdle,and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
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Andwhen we heard these things,bothwe,and they of that place,besoughthimnot to go uptoJerusalem.
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ThenPaulanswered, What mean ye to weepand to breakmineheart?forIamreadynot to be boundonly,butalso to dieatJerusalemfor the name of the LordJesus.
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And when hewouldnot be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
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Andafterthosedays we took up our carriages, and went uptoJerusalem.
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Therewentwithusalso certain of the disciplesofCaesarea, and brought with themoneMnason of Cyprus, an olddisciple, with whom we should lodge.
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And when we were cometoJerusalem, the brethrenreceivedusgladly.
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And the day followingPaul went inwithusuntoJames;andall the elders were present.
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And when he had salutedthem, he declaredparticularly*whatthingsGod had wroughtamong the Gentilesbyhisministry.
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And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord,andsaid unto him, Thou seest, brother, how manythousands of Jews there arewhichbelieve; and they areallzealous of the law:
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And they are informedofthee,that thou teachestall the Jews which are among the GentilestoforsakeMoses,saying that theyoughtnot to circumcise their children,neither to walk after the customs.
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What is ittherefore? the multitudemustneeds come together: for they will hearthat thou art come.
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Dothereforethisthat we say to thee:Wehavefourmen which have a vowonthem;
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Themtake, and purify thyselfwiththem,and be at chargeswiththem,that they may shave their heads:andall may know that those things,whereof they were informedconcerningthee,arenothing;but that thou thyselfalso walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
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Astouching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that theyobserveno such thing, save only that they keepthemselvesfrom things offered to idols,and from blood,and from strangled,and from fornication.
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ThenPaultook the men, and the nextday purifying himselfwiththementeredinto the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification,untilthat an offering should be offeredforeveryone of them.
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Andwhen the sevendays were almostended, the Jews which were ofAsia, when they sawhimin the temple, stirred upall the people,andlaidhandsonhim,
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Crying out, Men of Israel,help: Thisis the man, that teachethall men every whereagainst the people,and the law,andthisplace:andfurtherbroughtGreeksalsointo the temple,and hath pollutedthisholyplace.
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(For they had seen beforewithhimin the cityTrophimus an Ephesian,whom they supposedthatPaul had broughtinto the temple.)
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Andall the city was moved, and the people ran together*: and they tookPaul, and drewhim out of the temple:andforthwith the doors were shut.
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And as they went about to killhim,tidingscame unto the chief captain of the band,thatallJerusalem was in an uproar.
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Whoimmediatelytooksoldiersandcenturions, and ran downuntothem:and when they saw the chief captainand the soldiers, they leftbeating of Paul.
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Then the chief captain came near, and tookhim,andcommanded him to be bound withtwochains;anddemandedwho he was*, andwhat he haddone.
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Andsomecried one thing, some another,among the multitude:and when he couldnotknow the certaintyfor the tumult, he commandedhim to be carriedinto the castle.
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Andwhen he cameupon the stairs, so it was, that he was borneof the soldiersfor the violence of the people.
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For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
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And as Paul was to beledinto the castle, he said unto the chief captain,May*Ispeak*untothee*? Whosaid, Canst thou speakGreek?
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ArtnotthouthatEgyptian, which beforethesedays madest an uproar, and leddest outinto the wilderness four thousandmen that were murderers?
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ButPaulsaid, Iam* a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of nomeancity:and, I beseechthee,sufferme to speakunto the people.
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And when he had givenhimlicence, Paulstoodon the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people.And when there was made a greatsilence, he spake unto them in the Hebrewtongue,saying,