30
But when the Jews who dwelt there bore witness to the good will which the people of Scythopolis had shown them and their kind treatment of them in times of misfortune,
31
they thanked them and exhorted them to be well disposed to their race in the future also. Then they went up to Jerusalem, as the feast of weeks was close at hand.
32
After the feast called Pentecost, they hastened against Gorgias, the governor of Idumea.
33
And he came out with three thousand infantry and four hundred cavalry.
34
When they joined battle, it happened that a few of the Jews fell.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.