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power of Satan to God, that they may receive all that hear me, this day, should become such
forgiveness of sins, and a lot among the saints, as I also am, except these bands.
by the faith that is in me. 30 And the king rose up, and the governor,
19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not in- and Bernice, and they that sat with them.
credulous to the heavenly vision: 31 And when they were gone aside, they spoke
20 But to them first that are at Damascus, among themselves, saying: This man hath done
and at Jerusalem, and unto all the country of nothing worthy of death or of bands.
Judea, and to the Gentiles did I preach, that 32 And Agrippa said to Festus: This man
they should do penance, and turn to God, doing might have been set at liberty, if he had not ap-
works worthy of penance. pealed to Caesar.
21 For this cause the Jews, when I was in the
temple, having apprehended me, went about to
kill me. Chapter 27
22 But being aided by the help of God, I
stand unto this day, witnessing both to small and And when it was determined that he should sail
great, saying no other thing than those which into Italy, and that Paul, with the other prison-
the prophets, and Moses did say should come to ers, should be delivered to a centurion, named
pass: Julius, of the band Augusta,
23 That Christ should suffer, and that he 2 Going on board a ship of Adrumetum, we
should be the first that should rise from the dead, launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia,
and should shew light to the people, and to the Aristarchus, the Macedonian of Thessalonica,
Gentiles. continuing with us.
24 As he spoke these things, and made his 3 And the day following we came to Sidon.
answer, Festus said with a loud voice: Paul, thou And Julius treating Paul courteously, permitted
art beside thyself: much learning doth make thee him to go to his friends, and to take care of him-
mad. self.
25 And Paul said: I am not mad, most ex- 4 And when we had launched from thence,
cellent Festus, but I speak words of truth and we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were
soberness. contrary.
26 For the king knoweth of these things, to 5 And sailing over the sea of Cilicia, and Pam-
whom also I speak with confidence. For I am phylia, we came to Lystra, which is in Lycia:
persuaded that none of these things are hidden 6 And there the centurion finding a ship of
from him. For neither was any of these things Alexandria sailing into Italy, removed us into it.
done in a corner. 7 And when for many days we had sailed
27 Believest thou the prophets, O king slowly, and were scarce come over against
Agrippa? I know that thou believest. Gnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed near
28 And Agrippa said to Paul: In a little thou Crete by Salmone:
persuadest me to become a Christian. 8 And with much ado sailing by it, we came
29 And Paul said: I would to God, that both into a certain place, which is called Good-havens,
in a little and in much, not only thou, but also nigh to which was the city of Thalassa.