Hi, thank you again for joining
us for His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and
we'll be reading today from the
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book of Acts. But before
we start, let's pray together.
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Dear God, we're coming apart
from the things that fill each
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of our days, to spend
some time reading Your word.
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We're reading the story of your
servant, Paul, who stood boldly
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for You and so many times
we fail to even think of ways
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that we could be standing
for You. Please help us to learn
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from Paul, the lessons that
You want each of us to know.
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Write them into our hearts, and
may our walk from here on out
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be more pleasing in your
eyes; because we spend this time
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with You today.
We love you. Amen
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Hi, again. Thank you for joining
me for His Words are Life, and
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we're reading from the King
James version, the book of Acts
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Paul is in the middle of
being taken from one governor
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to another to hear his case.
Nobody can quite decide what
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to do with him because he
is a Roman citizen and the Jews
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want to do away with him, but
they haven't brought anything
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worthy of this. And he's now in
the care of Festus and when we
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left off, King Agrippa and
Bernice had come down to visit
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Festus, and Festus was telling
them the story of this Paul,
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who's been brought to him by
the Jews. And there's accusation
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against him. We pick up
now in verse 17 of chapter 25.
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Therefore, when
they were come hither,
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- and when he said,
"they", talking about the Jews -
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Therefore, when they were come
hither, without any delay on the
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morrow I sat on the judgment
seat, and commanded the man
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to be brought forth. Against
whom when the accusers stood up
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they brought none accusation
of such things as I supposed.
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But had certain questions
against him of their own
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superstition, and of
one Jesus, which was dead,
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whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
And because I doubted of such
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manner of questions, I
asked him whether he would go to
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Jerusalem, and there be
judged of these matters.
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But when Paul had appealed to
be reserved unto the hearing of
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Augustus, I commanded him to
be kept till I might send him
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to Caesar. Then Agrippa said
unto Festus, I would also hear
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the man myself. Tomorrow,
said he, thou shalt hear him.
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And on the morrow,
when Agrippa was come,
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and Bernice, with great pomp,
and was entered into the place
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of hearing, with the chief
captains, and principal men
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of the city, at
Festus' commandment
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Paul was brought forth.
And Festus said, King Agrippa,
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and all men which
are here present with us,
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ye see this man, about whom all
the multitude of the Jews have
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dealt with me, both at Jerusalem
and also here, crying that he
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ought not to live any longer.
But when I found that he had
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committed nothing worthy of
death, and that he himself hath
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appealed to Augustus, I
have determined to send him.
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Of whom I have no certain
thing to write unto my lord.
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Wherefore I have
brought him forth before you,
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and specially before thee O king
Agrippa that, after examination
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had, I might have somewhat
to write. For it seemeth to me
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unreasonable to send a prisoner
and not withal to signify
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the crimes laid against him.
- Again reading from the book of
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Acts in the King James version.
We're now beginning chapter 26.-
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Then Agrippa said unto Paul,
Thou art permitted to speak
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for thyself. Then Paul
stretched forth the hand, and
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answered for himself: I think
myself happy, King Agrippa,
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because I shall answer for
myself this day before these
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touching all the things whereof
I am accused of the Jews:
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Especially because I know thee
to be expert in all customs and
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questions which are among the
Jews: wherefore I beseech thee
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to hear me patiently. My
manner of life from my youth
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which was at the first among
mine own nation at Jerusalem,
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know all the Jews; which
knew me from the beginning,
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if they would testify, that
after the most straitest sect
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of our religion
I lived a Pharisee.
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And now I stand and am judged
for the hope of the promise made
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of God unto our fathers: Unto
which promise our twelve tribes,
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instantly serving God
day and night, hope to come.
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For which hope's sake,
King Agrippa, I am accused of
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the Jews. Why should it
be thought a thing incredible
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with you, that God
should raise the dead?
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I verily thought with myself,
that I ought to do many things
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contrary to the name
of Jesus of Nazareth.
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Which thing I also
did in Jerusalem: and many
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of the saints did I shut
up in prison, having received
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authority from the chief priests
and when they were put to death,
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I gave my voice against them.
And I punished them oft in every
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synagogue, and
compelled them to blaspheme;
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and being exceedingly mad
against them, I persecuted them
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even unto strange cities.
Whereupon as I went to Damascus
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with authority and commission
from the chief priests;
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At midday, O King, I saw in
the way a light from heaven,
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above the brightness of the sun,
shining round about me and them
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which journeyed with me. And
when we were all fallen to the
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earth, I heard a voice speaking
unto me and saying in the Hebrew
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tongue, Saul, Saul,
why persecutest thou me?
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it is hard for thee to
kick against the pricks.
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And I said, Who are thou
Lord? and he said, I am Jesus
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whom thou persecutest. But
rise and stand upon thy feet:
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for I have appeared
unto thee for this purpose,
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to make thee a minister and
a witness both of these things
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which thou hast seen, and
of those things in the which
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I will appear unto thee;
Delivering thee from the people
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and from the Gentiles,
unto whom now I send thee,
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to open their eyes and to turn
them from darkness to light,
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and from the power of Satan
unto God, that they may receive
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forgiveness of sins, and
inheritance among them which are
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sanctified by
faith that is in me.
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Whereupon, O King
Agrippa, I was not disobedient
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unto the heavenly vision:
But shewed first unto them
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of Damascus, and at Jerusalem,
and throughout all the coasts of
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Judaea, and then to the Gentiles
that they should repent and turn
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to God, and do works meet
for repentance. For these causes
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the Jews caught me in the temple
and went about to kill me.
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Having therefore obtained help
of God, I continue unto this day
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witnessing both to small and
great, saying none other things
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than those which the prophets
and Moses did say should come:
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That Christ should suffer,
and that he should be the first
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that should rise from the dead,
and should shew light unto the
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people and to the Gentiles.
And as he thus spake for himself
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Festus said with a loud voice,
Paul, thou art beside thyself;
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much learning doth make thee
mad. But he said, I am not mad,
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most noble Festus; but
speak forth the words of truth
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and soberness. For the
king knoweth of these things,
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before whom also I speak freely:
for I am persuaded that none of
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these things are hidden from
him for this thing was not done
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in a corner. King Agrippa,
believest thou the prophets?
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I know that thou believest.
Then Agrippa said unto Paul,
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Almost thou persuadest me to
be a Christian. And Paul said,
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I would to God, that not only
thou, but also all that hear me
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this day, were both almost,
and altogether such as I am,
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except these bonds. And when he
had thus spoken, the king rose
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up, and the
governor, and Bernice,
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and they that sat with them:
And when they were gone aside,
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they talked between themselves,
saying, This man doeth nothing
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worthy of death or of bonds.
Then said Agrippa unto Festus,
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This man might have been set at
liberty, if he had not appealed
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unto Caesar. - We're continuing
to read from the book of Acts
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the King James version and
we're beginning now chapter 27.
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And when it was determined
that we should sail into Italy,
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they delivered Paul and certain
other prisoners unto one named
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Julius, a centurion of Augustus'
band. And entering into a ship
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of Adramytium, we launched,
meaning to sail by the coasts
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of Asia; one Aristarchus,
a Macedonian of Thessalonica,
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being with us. And the
next day we touched at Sidon,
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And Julius courteously entreated
Paul, and have him liberty to go
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unto his friends to
refresh himself. And when we had
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launched from thence, we sailed
under Cyprus, because the winds
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were contrary. And when we had
sailed over the sea of Cilicia
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and Pamphylia, we came
to Myra, a city of Lycia.
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And there the centurion found a
ship of Alexandria sailing into
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Italy; and he put us therein;
And when we had sailed slowly
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many days, and scarce
were come over against Cnidus,
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the wind not suffering
us, we sailed under Crete,
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over against Salmone; And,
hardly passing it came unto a
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place which is called The fair
havens; nigh whereunto was the
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city of Lasea. Now when much
time was spent, and when sailing
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was now dangerous, because
the fast was now already past,
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Paul admonished them, and said
unto them, Sirs, I perceive that
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this voyage will be
with hurt and much damage,
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not only of the lading and
ship, but also of our lives.
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Nevertheless the centurion
believed the master and
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the owner of the ship, more than
those things which were spoken
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by Paul. And because the haven
was not commodious to winter in,
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the more part advised to depart
thence also, if by any means
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they might attain to
Phenice, and there to winter;
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which is an haven of Crete,
and lieth toward the south-west
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and north-west. And when
the south wind blew softly,
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supposing that they had obtained
their purpose, loosing thence,
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they sailed close by Crete.
But not long after there arose
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against it a tempestuous
wind, called Euroclydon.
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And when the ship was caught,
and could not bear up into
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the wind, we let her drive. And
running under a certain island
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which is called Clauda, we had
much work to come by the boat:
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which when they had taken up,
they used helps, undergirding
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the ship; and fearing
lest they should fall into the
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quicksand's, strake sail,
and so were driven. And we being
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exceedingly tossed with a
tempest, the next day they
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lightened the ship; And the
third day we cast out with our
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own hands the tackling of the
ship. And when neither sun nor
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stars in many days appeared,
and no small tempest lay on us,
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all hope that we should
be saved was then taken away.
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But after long abstinence Paul
stood forth in the midst of them
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and said, Sirs, ye
should have hearkened unto me,
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and not have loosed from Crete,
and to have gained this harm
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and loss. And now I
exhort you to be of good cheer:
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for there shall be no loss
of any man's life among you,
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but of the ship. For there
stood by me this night the angel
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of God, whose I am, and whom
I serve, Saying, Fear not, Paul;
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thou must be brought
before Caesar: and, lo,
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God hath given thee all
them that sail with thee.
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Wherefore, sirs, be of
good cheer: for I believe God,
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that it shall be even as it was
told me. Howbeit we must be cast
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upon a certain island. But when
the fourteenth night was come
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as we were driven up and
down in Adria, about midnight
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the shipmen deemed that
they drew near to some country;
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and sounded, and
found it twenty fathoms:
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and when they had gone a little
further, they sounded again,
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and found it fifteen fathoms.
Then fearing lest we should have
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fallen upon rocks, they cast
four anchors out of the stern,
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and wished for the day. And as
the shipmen were about to flee
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out of the ship, when they had
let down the boat into the sea,
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under colour as though
they would have cast anchors out
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of the foreship,
Paul said to the centurion
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and unto the soldiers,
Except these abide in the ship,
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we cannot be saved. Then the
soldiers cut off the ropes of
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the boat, and let her fall off.
And while the day was coming on,
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Paul besought them all to
take meat, saying, This day is
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the fourteenth day that ye have
tarried and continued fasting,
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having taken nothing. Wherefore
I pray you to take some meat:
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for this is for you health:
for there shall not an hair fall
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from the head of any of you.
And when he had thus spoken,
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he took bread, and gave thanks
to God in presence of them all:
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and when he had
broken it, he began to eat.
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Then were they all of good cheer
and they also took some meat.
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And we were in all the
ship two hundred threescore and
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and sixteen souls. And when they
had eaten enough, they lightened
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the ship, and cast out
the wheat into the sea.
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Thank you for joining me
today to read the word of God.
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Please come again and join us
nest time. Until then God bless
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you. Goodbye.
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