22:10 Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, 12 dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. 13 All the prophets were prophesying before them. 22:11 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, “This is what the Lord says, ‘With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed.’” 22:12 All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, “Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” 22:13 Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, “Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. 14 Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success.” 15 22:14 But Micaiah said, “As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord tells me to say.”
22:15 When he came before the king, the king asked him, “Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?” He answered him, “Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king.” 16 22:16 The king said to him, “How many times must I make you solemnly promise in 17 the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?” 22:17 Micaiah 18 said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, ‘They have no master. They should go home in peace.’” 22:18 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “Didn’t I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?” 22:19 Micaiah 19 said, “That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left. 22:20 The Lord said, ‘Who will deceive Ahab, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die 20 there?’ One said this and another that. 22:21 Then a spirit 21 stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, ‘I will deceive him.’ The Lord asked him, ‘How?’ 22:22 He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord 22 said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. 23 Go out and do as you have proposed.’ 22:23 So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you.” 22:24 Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, “Which way did the Lord’s spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?” 22:25 Micaiah replied, “Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide.” 22:26 Then the king of Israel said, “Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king’s son. 22:27 Say, ‘This is what the king says, “Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water 24 until I safely return.”’” 25 22:28 Micaiah said, “If you really do safely return, then the Lord has not spoken through me.” Then he added, “Take note, 26 all you people.”
22:29 The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead. 22:30 The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “I will disguise myself and then enter 27 into the battle; but you wear your royal robes.” So the king of Israel disguised himself and then entered into the battle. 22:31 Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, “Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; 28 fight only the king of Israel.” 22:32 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “He must be the king of Israel.” So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. 22:33 When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him. 22:34 Now an archer shot an arrow at random, 29 and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king 30 ordered his charioteer, “Turn around and take me from the battle line, 31 because I’m wounded.” 22:35 While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening; the blood from the wound ran down into the bottom of the chariot. 22:36 As the sun was setting, a cry went through the camp, “Each one should return to his city and to his homeland.” 22:37 So the king died and was taken to Samaria, where they buried him. 32 22:38 They washed off the chariot at the pool of Samaria (this was where the prostitutes bathed); 33 dogs licked his blood, just as the Lord had said would happen. 34
22:39 The rest of the events of Ahab’s reign, including a record of his accomplishments and how he built a luxurious palace and various cities, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. 35 22:40 Ahab passed away. 36 His son Ahaziah replaced him as king.
22:41 In the fourth year of King Ahab’s reign over Israel, Asa’s son Jehoshaphat became king over Judah. 22:42 Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. 37 His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. 22:43 He followed in his father Asa’s footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. 38 (22:44) 39 However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. 22:44 (22:45) Jehoshaphat was also at peace with the king of Israel.
22:45 The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat’s reign, including his successes and military exploits, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. 40 22:46 He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa. 41 22:47 There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled. 22:48 Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships 42 to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber. 22:49 Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my sailors join yours in the fleet,” 43 but Jehoshaphat refused.
22:50 Jehoshaphat passed away 44 and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor 45 David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king.
3:1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time 47 for prayer, 48 at three o’clock in the afternoon. 49 3:2 And a man lame 50 from birth 51 was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called “the Beautiful Gate” every day 52 so he could beg for money 53 from those going into the temple courts. 54
17:1 After they traveled through 55 Amphipolis 56 and Apollonia, 57 they came to Thessalonica, 58 where there was a Jewish synagogue. 59 17:2 Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, 60 as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed 61 them from the scriptures, 17:3 explaining and demonstrating 62 that the Christ 63 had to suffer and to rise from the dead, 64 saying, 65 “This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ.” 66 17:4 Some of them were persuaded 67 and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group 68 of God-fearing Greeks 69 and quite a few 70 prominent women. 17:5 But the Jews became jealous, 71 and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, 72 they formed a mob 73 and set the city in an uproar. 74 They attacked Jason’s house, 75 trying to find Paul and Silas 76 to bring them out to the assembly. 77 17:6 When they did not find them, they dragged 78 Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, 79 screaming, “These people who have stirred up trouble 80 throughout the world 81 have come here too, 17:7 and 82 Jason has welcomed them as guests! They 83 are all acting against Caesar’s 84 decrees, saying there is another king named 85 Jesus!” 86 17:8 They caused confusion among 87 the crowd and the city officials 88 who heard these things. 17:9 After 89 the city officials 90 had received bail 91 from Jason and the others, they released them.
17:10 The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea 92 at once, during the night. When they arrived, 93 they went to the Jewish synagogue. 94 17:11 These Jews 95 were more open-minded 96 than those in Thessalonica, 97 for they eagerly 98 received 99 the message, examining 100 the scriptures carefully every day 101 to see if these things were so. 17:12 Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few 102 prominent 103 Greek women and men. 17:13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica 104 heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God 105 in Berea, 106 they came there too, inciting 107 and disturbing 108 the crowds. 17:14 Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast 109 at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea. 110 17:15 Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, 111 and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left. 112
17:16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, 113 his spirit was greatly upset 114 because he saw 115 the city was full of idols. 17:17 So he was addressing 116 the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles 117 in the synagogue, 118 and in the marketplace every day 119 those who happened to be there. 17:18 Also some of the Epicurean 120 and Stoic 121 philosophers were conversing 122 with him, and some were asking, 123 “What does this foolish babbler 124 want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.” 125 (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.) 126 17:19 So they took Paul and 127 brought him to the Areopagus, 128 saying, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming? 17:20 For you are bringing some surprising things 129 to our ears, so we want to know what they 130 mean.” 17:21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time 131 in nothing else than telling 132 or listening to something new.) 133
17:22 So Paul stood 134 before the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious 135 in all respects. 136 17:23 For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, 137 I even found an altar with this inscription: 138 ‘To an unknown god.’ Therefore what you worship without knowing it, 139 this I proclaim to you. 17:24 The God who made the world and everything in it, 140 who is 141 Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands, 142 17:25 nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, 143 because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone. 144 17:26 From one man 145 he made every nation of the human race 146 to inhabit the entire earth, 147 determining their set times 148 and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, 149 17:27 so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around 150 for him and find him, 151 though he is 152 not far from each one of us. 17:28 For in him we live and move about 153 and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, ‘For we too are his offspring.’ 154 17:29 So since we are God’s offspring, we should not think the deity 155 is like gold or silver or stone, an image 156 made by human 157 skill 158 and imagination. 159 17:30 Therefore, although God has overlooked 160 such times of ignorance, 161 he now commands all people 162 everywhere to repent, 163 17:31 because he has set 164 a day on which he is going to judge the world 165 in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, 166 having provided proof to everyone by raising 167 him from the dead.”
17:32 Now when they heard about 168 the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, 169 but others said, “We will hear you again about this.” 17:33 So Paul left the Areopagus. 170 17:34 But some people 171 joined him 172 and believed. Among them 173 were Dionysius, who was a member of the Areopagus, 174 a woman 175 named Damaris, and others with them.
18:1 After this 176 Paul 177 departed from 178 Athens 179 and went to Corinth. 180 18:2 There he 181 found 182 a Jew named Aquila, 183 a native of Pontus, 184 who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius 185 had ordered all the Jews to depart from 186 Rome. 187 Paul approached 188 them, 18:3 and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them 189 (for they were tentmakers 190 by trade). 191 18:4 He addressed 192 both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue 193 every Sabbath, attempting to persuade 194 them.
18:5 Now when Silas and Timothy arrived 195 from Macedonia, 196 Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming 197 the word, testifying 198 to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. 199 18:6 When they opposed him 200 and reviled him, 201 he protested by shaking out his clothes 202 and said to them, “Your blood 203 be on your own heads! I am guiltless! 204 From now on I will go to the Gentiles!” 18:7 Then Paul 205 left 206 the synagogue 207 and went to the house of a person named Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God, 208 whose house was next door to the synagogue. 18:8 Crispus, the president of the synagogue, 209 believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it 210 believed and were baptized. 18:9 The Lord said to Paul by a vision 211 in the night, 212 “Do not be afraid, 213 but speak and do not be silent, 18:10 because I am with you, and no one will assault 214 you to harm 215 you, because I have many people in this city.” 18:11 So he stayed there 216 a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. 217
18:12 Now while Gallio 218 was proconsul 219 of Achaia, 220 the Jews attacked Paul together 221 and brought him before the judgment seat, 222 18:13 saying, “This man is persuading 223 people to worship God in a way contrary to 224 the law!” 18:14 But just as Paul was about to speak, 225 Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, 226 I would have been justified in accepting the complaint 227 of you Jews, 228 18:15 but since it concerns points of disagreement 229 about words and names and your own law, settle 230 it yourselves. I will not be 231 a judge of these things!” 18:16 Then he had them forced away 232 from the judgment seat. 233 18:17 So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, 234 and began to beat 235 him in front of the judgment seat. 236 Yet none of these things were of any concern 237 to Gallio.
18:18 Paul, after staying 238 many more days in Corinth, 239 said farewell to 240 the brothers and sailed away to Syria accompanied by 241 Priscilla and Aquila. 242 He 243 had his hair cut off 244 at Cenchrea 245 because he had made a vow. 246 18:19 When they reached Ephesus, 247 Paul 248 left Priscilla and Aquila 249 behind there, but he himself went 250 into the synagogue 251 and addressed 252 the Jews. 18:20 When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent, 253 18:21 but said farewell to 254 them and added, 255 “I will come back 256 to you again if God wills.” 257 Then 258 he set sail from Ephesus, 18:22 and when he arrived 259 at Caesarea, 260 he went up and greeted 261 the church at Jerusalem 262 and then went down to Antioch. 263 18:23 After he spent 264 some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia 265 and Phrygia, 266 strengthening all the disciples.
18:24 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. 267 He was an eloquent speaker, 268 well-versed 269 in the scriptures. 18:25 He had been instructed in 270 the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm 271 he spoke and taught accurately the facts 272 about Jesus, although he knew 273 only the baptism of John. 18:26 He began to speak out fearlessly 274 in the synagogue, 275 but when Priscilla and Aquila 276 heard him, they took him aside 277 and explained the way of God to him more accurately. 18:27 When Apollos 278 wanted to cross over to Achaia, 279 the brothers encouraged 280 him 281 and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he 282 assisted greatly those who had believed by grace, 18:28 for he refuted the Jews vigorously 283 in public debate, 284 demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ 285 was Jesus. 286
19:1 While 287 Apollos was in Corinth, 288 Paul went through the inland 289 regions 290 and came to Ephesus. 291 He 292 found some disciples there 293 19:2 and said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” 294 They replied, 295 “No, we have not even 296 heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 19:3 So Paul 297 said, “Into what then were you baptized?” “Into John’s baptism,” they replied. 298 19:4 Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, 299 that is, in Jesus.” 19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, 19:6 and when Paul placed 300 his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came 301 upon them, and they began to speak 302 in tongues and to prophesy. 303 19:7 (Now there were about twelve men in all.) 304
19:8 So Paul 305 entered 306 the synagogue 307 and spoke out fearlessly 308 for three months, addressing 309 and convincing 310 them about the kingdom of God. 311 19:9 But when 312 some were stubborn 313 and refused to believe, reviling 314 the Way 315 before the congregation, he left 316 them and took the disciples with him, 317 addressing 318 them every day 319 in the lecture hall 320 of Tyrannus. 19:10 This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, 321 both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord. 322
19:11 God was performing extraordinary 323 miracles by Paul’s hands, 19:12 so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body 324 were brought 325 to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. 326 19:13 But some itinerant 327 Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name 328 of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by 329 evil spirits, saying, “I sternly warn 330 you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.” 19:14 (Now seven sons of a man named 331 Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.) 332 19:15 But the evil spirit replied to them, 333 “I know about Jesus 334 and I am acquainted with 335 Paul, but who are you?” 336 19:16 Then the man who was possessed by 337 the evil spirit jumped on 338 them and beat them all into submission. 339 He prevailed 340 against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded. 19:17 This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, 341 both Jews and Greeks; fear came over 342 them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised. 343 19:18 Many of those who had believed came forward, 344 confessing and making their deeds known. 345 19:19 Large numbers 346 of those who had practiced magic 347 collected their books 348 and burned them up in the presence of everyone. 349 When 350 the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins. 351 19:20 In this way the word of the Lord 352 continued to grow in power 353 and to prevail. 354
19:21 Now after all these things had taken place, 355 Paul resolved 356 to go to Jerusalem, 357 passing through Macedonia 358 and Achaia. 359 He said, 360 “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.” 361 19:22 So after sending 362 two of his assistants, 363 Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, 364 he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia. 365
19:23 At 366 that time 367 a great disturbance 368 took place concerning the Way. 369 19:24 For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines 370 of Artemis, 371 brought a great deal 372 of business 373 to the craftsmen. 19:25 He gathered 374 these 375 together, along with the workmen in similar trades, 376 and said, “Men, you know that our prosperity 377 comes from this business. 19:26 And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded 378 and turned away 379 a large crowd, 380 not only in Ephesus 381 but in practically all of the province of Asia, 382 by saying 383 that gods made by hands are not gods at all. 384 19:27 There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, 385 but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis 386 will be regarded as nothing, 387 and she whom all the province of Asia 388 and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness.” 389
19:28 When 390 they heard 391 this they became enraged 392 and began to shout, 393 “Great is Artemis 394 of the Ephesians!” 19:29 The 395 city was filled with the uproar, 396 and the crowd 397 rushed to the theater 398 together, 399 dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions. 19:30 But when Paul wanted to enter the public assembly, 400 the disciples would not let him. 19:31 Even some of the provincial authorities 401 who were his friends sent 402 a message 403 to him, urging him not to venture 404 into the theater. 19:32 So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together. 405 19:33 Some of the crowd concluded 406 it was about 407 Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. 408 Alexander, gesturing 409 with his hand, was wanting to make a defense 410 before the public assembly. 411 19:34 But when they recognized 412 that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison, 413 “Great is Artemis 414 of the Ephesians!” for about two hours. 415 19:35 After the city secretary 416 quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, what person 417 is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper 418 of the temple of the great Artemis 419 and of her image that fell from heaven? 420 19:36 So because these facts 421 are indisputable, 422 you must keep quiet 423 and not do anything reckless. 424 19:37 For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers 425 nor blasphemers of our goddess. 426 19:38 If then Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint 427 against someone, the courts are open 428 and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another there. 429 19:39 But if you want anything in addition, 430 it will have to be settled 431 in a legal assembly. 432 19:40 For 433 we are in danger of being charged with rioting 434 today, since there is no cause we can give to explain 435 this disorderly gathering.” 436 19:41 After 437 he had said 438 this, 439 he dismissed the assembly. 440
20:1 After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging 441 them and saying farewell, 442 he left to go to Macedonia. 443 20:2 After he had gone through those regions 444 and spoken many words of encouragement 445 to the believers there, 446 he came to Greece, 447 20:3 where he stayed 448 for three months. Because the Jews had made 449 a plot 450 against him as he was intending 451 to sail 452 for Syria, he decided 453 to return through Macedonia. 454 20:4 Paul 455 was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, 456 Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, 457 Gaius 458 from Derbe, 459 and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia. 460 20:5 These had gone on ahead 461 and were waiting for us in Troas. 462 20:6 We 463 sailed away from Philippi 464 after the days of Unleavened Bread, 465 and within five days 466 we came to the others 467 in Troas, 468 where we stayed for seven days. 20:7 On the first day 469 of the week, when we met 470 to break bread, Paul began to speak 471 to the people, and because he intended 472 to leave the next day, he extended 473 his message until midnight. 20:8 (Now there were many lamps 474 in the upstairs room where we were meeting.) 475 20:9 A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, 476 was sinking 477 into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak 478 for a long time. Fast asleep, 479 he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead. 20:10 But Paul went down, 480 threw himself 481 on the young man, 482 put his arms around him, 483 and said, “Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!” 484 20:11 Then Paul 485 went back upstairs, 486 and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them 487 a long time, until dawn. Then he left. 20:12 They took the boy home alive and were greatly 488 comforted.
20:13 We went on ahead 489 to the ship and put out to sea 490 for Assos, 491 intending 492 to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. 493 He 494 himself was intending 495 to go there by land. 496 20:14 When he met us in Assos, 497 we took him aboard 498 and went to Mitylene. 499 20:15 We set sail 500 from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. 501 The next day we approached 502 Samos, 503 and the day after that we arrived at Miletus. 504 20:16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus 505 so as not to spend time 506 in the province of Asia, 507 for he was hurrying 508 to arrive in Jerusalem, 509 if possible, 510 by the day of Pentecost. 20:17 From Miletus 511 he sent a message 512 to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him. 513
20:18 When they arrived, he said to them, “You yourselves know how I lived 514 the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot 515 in the province of Asia, 516 20:19 serving the Lord with all humility 517 and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots 518 of the Jews. 20:20 You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming 519 to you anything that would be helpful, 520 and from teaching you publicly 521 and from house to house, 20:21 testifying 522 to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. 523 20:22 And now, 524 compelled 525 by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem 526 without knowing what will happen to me there, 527 20:23 except 528 that the Holy Spirit warns 529 me in town after town 530 that 531 imprisonment 532 and persecutions 533 are waiting for me. 20:24 But I do not consider my life 534 worth anything 535 to myself, so that 536 I may finish my task 537 and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news 538 of God’s grace.
20:25 “And now 539 I know that none 540 of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom 541 will see me 542 again. 20:26 Therefore I declare 543 to you today that I am innocent 544 of the blood of you all. 545 20:27 For I did not hold back from 546 announcing 547 to you the whole purpose 548 of God. 20:28 Watch out for 549 yourselves and for all the flock of which 550 the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, 551 to shepherd the church of God 552 that he obtained 553 with the blood of his own Son. 554 20:29 I know that after I am gone 555 fierce wolves 556 will come in among you, not sparing the flock. 20:30 Even from among your own group 557 men 558 will arise, teaching perversions of the truth 559 to draw the disciples away after them. 20:31 Therefore be alert, 560 remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning 561 each one of you with tears. 20:32 And now I entrust 562 you to God and to the message 563 of his grace. This message 564 is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. 20:33 I have desired 565 no one’s silver or gold or clothing. 20:34 You yourselves know that these hands of mine 566 provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me. 20:35 By all these things, 567 I have shown you that by working in this way we must help 568 the weak, 569 and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” 570
20:36 When 571 he had said these things, he knelt down 572 with them all and prayed. 20:37 They all began to weep loudly, 573 and hugged 574 Paul and kissed him, 575