Hello, and welcome
back to HIS WORDS ARE LIFE.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and today
we'll be reading from the book
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of Acts in the
King James Version.
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But before we begin
let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, thank You for
another opportunity to come and
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spend time reading the
words that you've sent to us.
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Thank You for loving us, and
thank you that very soon we'll
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be able to see You face-to-face,
and hear from You how much You
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love us, and be able to
tell You how much we love You.
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Until that time may these words
take root in our heart and bear
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great fruit to Your glory.
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We love You.
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Amen.
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Again, I'm reading today
from the King James Version,
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and we're in the
book of Acts, Chapter 22.
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And when we left off Paul
had just been bound over to some
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centurion's and had explained
to them that he was a Roman.
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We're continuing
now with Verse 28.
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And the chief captain answered,
With a great sum obtained
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I this freedom.
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And Paul said,
But I was free born.
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Then straightway they departed
from him which should have
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examined him: and the
chief captain also was afraid,
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after he knew that he
was a Roman, and because he
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had bound him.
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On the morrow, because he
would have known the certainty
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wherefore he was accused of
the Jews, he loosed him from his
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bands, and commanded the chief
priests and all their council to
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appear, and brought Paul
down, and set him before them.
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And now we'll be reading
from Acts beginning Chapter 23.
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And Paul, earnestly beholding
the council, said, Men and
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brethren, I have lived in
all good conscience before God
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until this day.
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And the high priest Ananias
commanded them that stood by him
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to smite him on the mouth.
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Then said Paul unto
him, God shall smite thee,
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thou whited wall: for sittest
thou to judge me after the law,
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and commandest me to be
smitten contrary to the law?
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And they that stood by said,
Revilest thou God's high priest?
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Then said Paul, I wist
not, brethren, that he was the
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high priest: for it is written,
Thou shalt not speak evil of the
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ruler of thy people.
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But when Paul perceived that
the one part were Sadducees,
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and the other Pharisees,
he cried out in the council,
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Men and brethren, I am a
Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee:
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of the hope and
resurrection of the dead I am
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called in question.
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And when he had so said, there
arose a dissension between the
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Pharisees and the Sadducees:
and the multitude was divided.
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For the Sadducees say
that there is no resurrection,
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neither angel, nor spirit:
but the Pharisees confess both.
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And there arose a great cry:
and the scribes that were of the
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Pharisees' part arose, and
strove, saying, We find no evil
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in this man: but if a spirit
or an angel hath spoken to him,
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let us not fight against God.
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And when there arose a great
dissension, the chief captain,
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fearing lest Paul should have
been pulled in pieces of them,
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commanded the soldiers to go
down, and to take him by force
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from among them, and to
bring him into the castle.
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And the night following the
Lord stood by him, and said,
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Be of good cheer, Paul: for
as thou hast testified of me in
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Jerusalem, so must thou
bear witness also at Rome.
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And when it was day, certain
of the Jews banded together,
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and bound themselves under a
curse, saying that they would
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neither eat nor drink
till they had killed Paul.
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And they were more than forty
which had made this conspiracy.
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And they came to the chief
priests and elders, and said,
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We have bound ourselves under
a great curse, that we will eat
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nothing until
we have slain Paul.
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Now therefore ye with the
council signify to the chief
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captain that he bring
him down unto you tomorrow,
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as though ye would
inquire something more perfectly
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concerning him: and
we, or ever he come near,
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are ready to kill him.
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And when Paul's sister's son
heard of their lying in wait,
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he went and entered into
the castle, and told Paul.
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Then Paul called one of the
centurions unto him, and said,
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Bring this young man unto
the chief captain: for he hath a
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certain thing to tell him.
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So he took him, and brought him
to the chief captain, and said,
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Paul the prisoner called me unto
him, and prayed me to bring this
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young man unto thee, who
hath something to say unto thee.
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Then the chief captain took him
by the hand, and went with him
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aside privately, and asked
him, What is that thou hast
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to tell me?
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And he said, The Jews have
agreed to desire thee that thou
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wouldest bring down Paul
tomorrow into the council,
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as though they would inquire
somewhat of him more perfectly.
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But do not thou yield unto them:
for there lie in wait for him of
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them more than forty men,
which have bound themselves with
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with an oath, that they
will neither eat nor drink
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till they have killed
him: and now are they ready,
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looking for a promise from thee.
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So the chief captain
then let the young man depart,
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and charged him, See thou tell
no man that thou hast showed
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these things to me.
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And he called unto him two
centurions, saying, Make ready
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two hundred soldiers to
go to Caesarea, and horsemen
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threescore and ten, and spearmen
two hundred, at the third hour
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of the night; and provide them
beasts, that they may set Paul
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on, and bring him safe
unto Felix the governor.
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And he wrote a letter after this
manner: Claudius Lusias unto
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the most excellent
governor Felix sendeth greeting.
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This man was taken of the Jews,
and should have been killed of
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them: then came I with
an army, and rescued him,
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having understood
that he was a Roman.
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And when I would have known
the cause wherefore they accused
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him, I brought him forth into
their council: Whom I perceived
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to be accused of questions of
their law, but to have nothing
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laid to his charge
worthy of death or of bonds.
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And when it was told me how that
the Jews laid wait for the man,
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I sent straightway to thee, and
gave commandment to his accusers
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also to say before thee
what they had against him.
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Farewell.
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Then the soldiers, as it
was commanded them, took Paul,
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and brought him by
night to Antipatris.
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On the morrow they let
the horsemen to go with him,
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and returned to the castle:
who, when they came to Caesarea,
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and delivered the epistle
to the governor, presented Paul
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also before him.
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And when the governor had read
the letter, he asked of what
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province he was.
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And when he understood that
he was of Cilicia; I will hear
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thee, said he, when
thine accusers are also come.
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And he commanded him to be
kept in Herod's judgment hall.
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We're reading from the book
of Acts, King James Version,
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and now
beginning with Chapter 24.
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And after five days Ananias the
high priest descended with the
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elders, and with a
certain orator named Tertullus,
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who informed the
governor against Paul.
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And when he was called forth,
Tertullus began to be accuse
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him, saying, Seeing that by
thee we enjoy great quietness,
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and that very worthy deeds
are done unto this nation by thy
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providence, we accept it
always, and in all places,
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most noble Felix,
with all thankfulness.
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Notwithstanding, that I be
not further tedious unto thee,
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I pray thee that thou
wouldest hear us of thy clemency
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a few words.
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For we have found this man a
pestilent fellow, and a mover of
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sedition among all the
Jews throughout the world,
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and a ringleader of the sect
of the Nazarenes: who also hath
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gone about to profane
the temple: whom we took,
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and would have
judged according to our law.
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But the chief captain Lysias
came upon us, and with great
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violence took him away out
of our hands, commanding his
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accusers to come unto thee: by
examining of whom thyself mayest
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take knowledge of all these
things, whereof we accuse him.
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And the Jews also
assented, saying, that these
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things were so.
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Then Paul, after that the
governor had beckoned unto him
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to speak, answered, Forasmuch
as I know that thou hast been
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of many years a judge unto this
nation, I do the more cheerfully
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answer for myself: because
that thou mayest understand,
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that there are yet but
twelve days since I went up to
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Jerusalem for to worship.
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And they neither found me in the
temple disputing with any man,
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neither raising up the people,
neither in the synagogues,
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nor in the city: neither can
they prove the things whereof
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they now accuse me.
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but this I confess unto thee,
that after the way which they
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call heresy, so worship I the
God of my fathers, believing all
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things which are written in
the law and in the prophets:
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And have hope toward God, which
they themselves also allow,
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that there shall be a
resurrection of the dead,
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both of the just and unjust.
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And herein do I exercise myself,
to have always a conscience void
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of offense toward
God, and toward men.
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Now after many years I
came to bring alms to my nation,
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and offerings.
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Whereupon certain Jews from Asia
found me purified in the temple,
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neither with
multitude, nor with tumult.
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Who ought to have been
here before thee, and object,
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if they had aught against me.
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Or else let these same here say,
if they have found any evildoing
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in me, while I stood before the
council, except it be for this
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one voice, that I cried standing
among them, touching the
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resurrection of the
dead I am called in question
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by you this day.
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And when Felix heard these
things, having more perfect
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knowledge of that way,
he deferred them, and said,
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When Lysias the chief
captain shall come down,
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I will know the
uttermost of your matter.
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And he commanded a centurion to
keep Paul, and to let him have
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liberty, and that he should
forbid none of his acquaintance
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to minister or come unto him.
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And after certain days,
when Felix came with his wife
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Drusilla, which was a Jewess,
he sent for Paul, and heard him
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concerning the faith in Christ.
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And as he reasoned of
righteousness, temperance,
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and judgment to come,
Felix trembled, and answered,
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Go thy way for this time;
when I have a convenient season,
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I will call for thee.
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He hoped also that money should
have been given him of Paul,
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that he might loose him:
wherefore he sent for him the
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oftener, and communed with him.
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But after two years Porcius
Festus came into Felix' room:
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and Felix, willing to
show the Jews a pleasure,
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left Paul bound.
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Again, reading from the
King James Version in the book
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of Acts, and we're
now beginning Chapter 25.
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Now when Festus was come into
the province, after three days
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he ascended from
Caesarea to Jerusalem.
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Then the high priest and the
chief of the Jews informed him
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against Paul, and besought him,
and desired favor against him,
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that he would send for him
to Jerusalem, laying wait in the
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way to kill him.
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but Festus answered, that
Paul should be kept at Caesarea,
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and that he himself
would depart shortly thither.
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Let them therefore, said
he, which among you are able,
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go down with me, and accuse this
man, if there be any wickedness
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in him.
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And when he had tarried
among them more than ten days,
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he went down unto Caesarea;
and the next day sitting on the
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judgment seat
commanded Paul to be brought.
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And when he was come, the Jews
which came down from Jerusalem
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stood round about, and laid
many and grievous complaints
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against Paul, which
they could not prove.
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While he answered for himself,
neither against the law of the
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Jews, neither against the
temple, nor yet against Caesar,
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have I offended
any thing at all.
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But Festus, willing to do the
Jews a pleasure, answered Paul,
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and said, Wilt thou go up to
Jerusalem, and there be judged
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of these things before me?
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Then said Paul, I stand
at Caesar's judgment seat,
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where I ought to be judged: to
the Jews have I done no wrong,
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as thou very well knowest.
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For if I be an offender, or have
committed any thing worthy of
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death, I refuse not to die: but
if there be none of these things
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whereof these accuse me, no
man may deliver me unto them.
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I appeal unto Caesar.
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Then Festus, when he had
conferred with the council,
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answered, Hast thou
appealed unto Caesar?
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unto Caesar shalt thou go.
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And after certain days king
Agrippa and Bernice came unto
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Caesarea to salute Festus.
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And when they had been
there many days, Festus declared
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Paul's cause unto the king,
saying, There is a certain man
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left in bonds by Felix: about
whom, when I was at Jerusalem,
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the chief priests and the
elders of the Jews informed me,
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desiring to have
judgment against him.
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To whom I answered, it is not
manner of the Romans to deliver
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any man to die, before that
he which is accused have the
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accusers face to face,
and have license to answer
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for himself concerning
the crime laid against him.
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Thank you for joining
today to read the word of God,
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please come again next time.
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