행21:7 바울의 가이사랴 방문 
^21:7When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais. We greeted the brothers, and stayed with them one day. ^21:8On the next day, we, who were Paul's companions, departed, and came to Caesarea.  

We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. ^21:9Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied. ^21:10As we stayed there some days, a certain prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. ^21:11Coming to us, and taking Paul's belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit: 'So will the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"  

^21:12When we heard these things, both we and they of that place begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. ^21:13Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."  

^21:14When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, "The Lord's will be done."  

^21:15After these days we took up our baggage and went up to Jerusalem. ^21:16Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we would stay. 

행21:17 바울이 야고보를 방문 
^21:17When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. ^21:18The day following, Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present. ^21:19When he had greeted them, he reported one by one the things which God had worked among the Gentiles through his ministry. ^21:20They, when they heard it, glorified God. They said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the law. ^21:21They have been informed about you, that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after the customs. ^21:22What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come. ^21:23Therefore do what we tell you. We have four men who have a vow on them. ^21:24Take them, and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses for them, that they may shave their heads. Then all will know that there is no truth in the things that they have been informed about you, but that you yourself also walk keeping the law. ^21:25But concerning the Gentiles who believe, we have written our decision that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from food offered to idols, from blood, from strangled things, and from sexual immorality."  

^21:26Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purified himself and went with them into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them. 

행21:27 바울이 성전에서 잡힘 
^21:27When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him, ^21:28crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. Moreover, he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place!" ^21:29For they had seen Trophimus, the Ephesian, with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.  

^21:30All the city was moved, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple. Immediately the doors were shut. ^21:31As they were trying to kill him, news came up to the commanding officer of the regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. ^21:32Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul. ^21:33Then the commanding officer came near, arrested him, commanded him to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he was and what he had done. ^21:34Some shouted one thing, and some another, among the crowd. When he couldn't find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.  

^21:35When he came to the stairs, it happened that he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd; ^21:36for the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, "Away with him!" ^21:37As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he asked the commanding officer, "May I say something to you?"  

He said, "Do you know Greek? ^21:38Aren't you then the Egyptian, who before these days stirred up to sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?"  

^21:39But Paul said, "I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. I beg you, allow me to speak to the people."  

^21:40When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people. When there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying,

^22:2When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said, ^22:3"I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day. ^22:4I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. ^22:5As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and journeyed to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished. 

행22:6 바울의 간증 
^22:6It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me. ^22:7I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?' ^22:8I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'  

^22:9"Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn't understand the voice of him who spoke to me. ^22:10I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.' ^22:11When I couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus. ^22:12One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived there, ^22:13came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' In that very hour I looked up at him. ^22:14He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth. ^22:15For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard. ^22:16Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'  

^22:17"It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance, ^22:18and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.' ^22:19I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you. ^22:20When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.'  

^22:21"He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.'"  

^22:22They listened to him until he said that, then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn't fit to live!"  

^22:23As they cried out, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air, ^22:24the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that. ^22:25When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?"  

^22:26When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, "Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!"  

^22:27The commanding officer came and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?"  

He said, "Yes."  

^22:28The commanding officer answered, "I bought my citizenship for a great price."  

Paul said, "But I was born a Roman."  

^22:29Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him. ^22:30But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

^23:2The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.  

^23:3Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?"  

^23:4Those who stood by said, "Do you malign God's high priest?"  

^23:5Paul said, "I didn't know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, 'You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.'" ^23:6But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, "Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!"  

^23:7When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. ^23:8For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess all of these. ^23:9A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees part stood up, and contended, saying, "We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let's not fight against God!"  

^23:10When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.  

^23:11The following night, the Lord stood by him, and said, "Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome." 

행23:12 바울을 죽이려는 유대인들의 음모 
^23:12When it was day, some of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. ^23:13There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy. ^23:14They came to the chief priests and the elders, and said, "We have bound ourselves under a great curse, to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. ^23:15Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near."  

^23:16But Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul. ^23:17Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, "Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him."  

^23:18So he took him, and brought him to the commanding officer, and said, "Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you, who has something to tell you."  

^23:19The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, "What is it that you have to tell me?"  

^23:20He said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the council, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him. ^23:21Therefore don't yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you."  

^23:22So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, "Tell no one that you have told these things to me." ^23:23He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, "Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night." ^23:24He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor. ^23:25He wrote a letter like this:  

^23:26"Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix: Greetings.  

^23:27"This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman. ^23:28Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council. ^23:29I found him to be accused about questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds. ^23:30When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell."  

^23:31So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. ^23:32But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks. ^23:33They, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him. ^23:34When the governor had read it, he asked what province he was from. When he understood that he was from Cilicia, he said, ^23:35"I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive." He commanded that he be kept in Herod's palace.

[37] back to 21:17 The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."  

[38] back to 22:5 The word for "brothers" here may be also correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."  

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