Hello, and welcome
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer.
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Today we'll be reading from the
book of Acts, in the King James
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Version, Chapter 18,
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but before we start
to read, let's go to God
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in prayer together.
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Dear God, thank you so much for
allowing us to come into Your
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presence, and to make a request
of You that Jesus has told us to
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make in His name,
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and so we ask that You please
send the Holy Spirit to be with
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us right now, to lead us and to
guide us as we read; to write on
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our hearts in a new way
the words that we will hear,
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that we may learn the lessons
from those who have gone before
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us, and served You faithfully,
and that we may serve
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You more faithfully,
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and we pray this in Jesus' name.
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Thank You.
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Amen.
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Reading today from the book of
Acts in the King James Version,
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Chapter 18, and
starting with verse 5.
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And when Silas and Timotheus
were come from Macedonia,
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Paul was pressed in the spirit,
and testified to the Jews that
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Jesus was Christ.
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And when they opposed
themselves, and blasphemed,
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he shook his raiment, and said
unto them, Your blood be upon
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your own heads; I am
clean: from henceforth I will go
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unto the Gentiles.
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And he departed thence, and
entered into a certain man's
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house, named Justus, one
that worshiped God, whose house
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joined hard to the synagogue.
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And Crispus, the chief ruler of
the synagogue, believed on the
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Lord with all his house; and
many of the Corinthians hearing
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believed, and were baptized.
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Then spake the Lord to
Paul in the night by a vision,
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Be not afraid, but
speak, and hold not thy peace:
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for I am with thee, and no man
shall set on thee to hurt thee:
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for I have much
people in this city.
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And he continued
there a year and six months,
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teaching the word
of God among them.
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And when Gallio was the
deputy of Achaia, the Jews made
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insurrection with one accord
against Paul, and brought him
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to the judgment seat, saying,
This fellow persuadeth men to
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worship God contrary to the law.
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And when Paul was now about to
open his mouth, Gallio said unto
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the Jews, If it were a matter
of wrong or wicked lewdness,
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O ye Jews, reason would
that I should bear with you:
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but if it be a question of words
and names, and of your law,
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look ye to it; for I will
be no judge of such matters.
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And he drave them
from the judgment seat.
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Then all the Greeks took
Sosthenes, the chief ruler of
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the synagogue, and beat
him before the judgment seat.
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And Gallio cared for
none of those things.
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And Paul after this
tarried there yet a good while,
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and then took his leave of the
brethren, and sailed thence into
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Syria, and with him Priscilla
and Aquila; having shorn his
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head in
Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
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And he came to Ephesus, and
left them there: but he himself
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entered into the synagogue,
and reasoned with the Jews.
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When they desired him to
tarry longer time with them,
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he consented not; but bade them
farewell, saying, I must by all
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means keep this feast
that cometh in Jerusalem:
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but I will return
again unto you, if God will.
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And he sailed from Ephesus.
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And when he had landed
at Caesarea, and gone up,
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and saluted the church,
he went down to Antioch.
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And after he had spent
some time there, he departed,
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and went over all the country
of Galatia and Phrygia in order,
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strengthening all the disciples.
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And a certain Jew named Apollos,
born at Alexandria, an eloquent
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man, and mighty in the
Scriptures, came to Ephesus.
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This man was instructed in
the way of the Lord; and being
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fervent in the spirit, he spake
and taught diligently the things
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of the Lord, knowing
only the baptism of John.
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And he began to speak boldly in
the synagogue: whom when Aquila
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and Priscilla had
heard, they took him unto them,
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and expounded unto him
the way of God more perfectly.
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And when he was disposed to pass
into Achaia, the brethren wrote,
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exhorting the disciples to
receive him: who, when he was
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come, helped them much which
had believed through grace:
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for he mightily convinced
the Jews, and that publicly,
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showing by the scriptures
that Jesus was Christ.
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We're reading from the
book of Acts, Chapter 19.
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And it came to pass, that,
while Apollos was at Corinth,
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Paul having passed through the
upper coasts came to Ephesus;
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and finding certain
disciples, he said unto them,
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Have ye received the
Holy Ghost since ye believed?
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And they said unto him, We have
not so much as heard whether
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there be any Holy Ghost.
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And he said unto them,
Unto what then were ye baptized?
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And they said,
Unto John's baptism.
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Then said Paul, John verily
baptized with the baptism of
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repentance, saying unto the
people, that they should believe
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on him which should come after
him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
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When they heard this,
they were baptized in the name
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of the Lord Jesus.
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And when Paul had laid his hands
upon them, the Holy Ghost came
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on them; and they spake
with tongues, and prophesied.
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And all the men
were about twelve.
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And he went into the synagogue,
and spake boldly for the space
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of three months, disputing and
persuading the things concerning
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the kingdom of God.
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But when divers were hardened,
and believed not, but spake evil
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of that way before the
multitude, he departed from
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them, and separated the
disciples, disputing daily in
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the school of one Tyrannus.
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and this continued by the space
of two years; so that all they
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which dwelt in Asia heard
the word of the Lord Jesus,
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both Jews and Greeks.
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And God wrought special
miracles by the hands of Paul:
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so that from his body
were brought unto the sick
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handkerchiefs or aprons, and
the diseases departed from them,
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and the evil
spirits went out of them.
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Then certain of the vagabond
Jews, exorcists, took upon them
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to call over them which had
evil spirits the name of the
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Lord Jesus, saying, We
adjure you by Jesus whom
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Paul preacheth.
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And there were seven sons of one
Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the
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priests, which did so.
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And the evil spirit answered and
said, Jesus I know, and Paul I
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know; but who are ye?
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And the man in whom the
evil spirit was leaped on them,
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and overcame them, and prevailed
against them, so that they fled
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out of that house
naked and wounded.
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And this was known to all the
Jews and Greeks also dwelling at
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Ephesus; and fear fell on them
all, and the name of the Lord
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Jesus was magnified.
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And many that
believed came, and confessed,
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and showed their deeds.
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Many of them also which used
curious arts brought their books
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together, and burned them before
all men: and they counted the
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price of them, and found it
fifty thousand pieces of silver.
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So mightily grew the
word of God and prevailed.
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After these things were ended,
Paul purposed in the spirit,
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when he had passed through
Macedonia and Achaia, to go to
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Jerusalem, saying,
After I have been there,
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I must also see Rome.
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So he sent into Macedonia two of
them that ministered unto him,
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Timotheus and Erastus;
but he himself stayed in Asia
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for a season.
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And the same time there arose
no small stir about that way.
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For a certain man named
Demetrius, a silversmith,
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which made silver shrines
for Diana, brought no small gain
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unto the craftsmen; whom he
called together with the workmen
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of like occupation, and said,
Sirs, ye know that by this craft
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we have our wealth.
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Moreover ye see and hear, that
not alone at Ephesus, but almost
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throughout all Asia, this Paul
hath persuaded and turned away
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much people, saying that they
be no gods, which are made with
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hands: so that not only this
our craft is in danger to be set
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at nought; but also that
the temple of the great goddess
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Diana should be despised,
and her magnificence should be
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destroyed, whom all Asia
and the world worshipeth.
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And when they heard these
sayings, they were full of
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wrath, and cried out, saying,
Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
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And the whole city was filled
with confusion: and having
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caught Gaius and
Aristarchus, men of Macedonia,
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Paul's companions in travel,
they rushed with one accord
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into the theater.
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And when Paul would have
entered in unto the people,
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the disciples suffered him not.
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And certain of the chief of
Asia, which were his friends,
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sent unto him, desiring him that
he would not adventure himself
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into the theater.
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Some therefore cried
one thing, and some another:
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for the assembly was confused;
and the more part knew not
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wherefore they
were come together.
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And they drew
Alexander out of the multitude,
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the Jews putting him forward.
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And Alexander beckoned with
the hand, and would have made
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his defense unto the people.
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But when they knew that he was
a Jew, all with one voice about
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the space of two hours
cried out, Great is Diana
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of the Ephesians.
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And when the town clerk had
appeased the people, he said,
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Ye men of Ephesus, what man
is there that knoweth not how
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that the city of the Ephesians
is a worshiper of the great
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goddess Diana, and of the image
which fell down from Jupiter?
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Seeing then that these
things cannot be spoken against,
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ye ought to be quiet,
and to do nothing rashly.
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For ye have brought hither these
men, which are neither robbers
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of churches, nor yet
blasphemers of your goddess.
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Wherefore if Demetrius, and
the craftsmen which are with
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him, have a matter against
any man, the law is open,
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and there are deputies:
let them implead one another.
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But if ye inquire any
thing concerning other matters,
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it shall be
determined in a lawful assembly.
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For we are in danger to be
called in question for this
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day's uproar, there being
no cause whereby we may give an
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account of this concourse.
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And when he had thus spoken,
he dismissed the assembly.
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We're reading from the
book of Acts, Chapter 20.
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And after the uproar was
ceased, Paul called unto him the
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disciples, and embraced
them, and departed for to go
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into Macedonia.
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And when he had gone over
those parts, and had given them
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exhortation, he came
into Greece, and there abode
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three months.
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And when the Jews laid wait
for him, as he was about to sail
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into Syria, he purposed
to return through Macedonia.
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And there accompanied him
into Asia Sopater of Berea;
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and of the Thessalonians,
Aristarchus and Secundus;
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and Gaius of Derbe, and
Timothesus; and of Asia,
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Tychicus and Trophimus.
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These going before
tarried for us at Troas.
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And we sailed away from Philippi
after the days of unleavened
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bread, and came unto
them to Troas in five days;
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where we abode seven days.
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And upon the first day of the
week, when the disciples came
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together to break
bread, Paul preached unto them,
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ready to depart on the
morrow; and continued his speech
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until midnight.
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And there were many
lights in the upper chamber,
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where they were
gathered together.
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And there sat in a
window a certain young man named
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Eutychus, being fallen into
a deep sleep: and as Paul was
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long preaching, he sunk down
with sleep, and fell down from
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the third loft,
and was taken up dead.
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And Paul went down, and fell
on him, and embracing him said,
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Trouble not yourselves;
for his life is in him.
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When he therefore was come
up again, and had broken bread,
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and eaten, and talked a long
while, even till break of day,
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so he departed.
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And they brought the
young man alive, and were not
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a little comforted.
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And we went before to
ship, and sailed unto Assos,
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there intending to take in
Paul: for so had he appointed,
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minding himself to go afoot.
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And when he met with us
at Assos, we took him in,
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and came to Mitylene.
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And we sailed thence, and
came the next day over against
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Chios; and the next day we
arrived at Samos, and tarried at
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Trogyllium; and the
next day we came to Miletus.
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For Paul had determined to sail
by Ephesus, because he would not
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spend the time in Asia: for he
hasted, if it were possible for
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him, to be at
Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
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And from Miletus he sent
to Ephesus, and called the
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elders of the church.
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And when they were come to
him, he said unto them, Ye know,
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from the first day that I came
into Asia, after what manner I
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have been with you at all
seasons, serving the Lord with
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all humility of mind, and with
many tears, and temptations,
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which befell me by the lying
in wait of the Jews: and how I
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kept back nothing that
was profitable unto you,
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but have showed you, and
have taught you publicly,
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and from house to house,
testifying both to the Jews,
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and also to the
Greeks, repentance toward God,
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and faith toward
our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Thank you for being
with me today, to read
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His Words Are Life, and
please join me again next time,
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until then, may God bless you.
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