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saying, "This man hath done was now after the Jewish fast,)* nothing worthy of death, or of Paul, gave them warning, 10 bonds." 32 And Agrippa said saying, "Sirs, I perceive that to Festus, "This man might this voyage will be with harm have been set at liberty, if he and much damage, not only to had not appealed to Cæsar." the lading and the ship, but to CH. XXVII. 1 NOW when our lives also." 11 However, it was determined that we the centurion believed the pilot, should sail to Italy, Paul and and the owner of the ship, some other prisoners were de- more than the things spoken by livered to a centurion of the Paul. 12 And because the haAugustan band, named Julius. ven was not commodious to 2 Then we entered into a ship winter in, the greater part advis of Adramyttium, and loosed, ed to loose from thence also, if meaning to sail by the coasts by any means they might reach of Asia; Aristarchus, a Mace- Phenicè, and winter there: donian of Thessalonica, being which is a haven of Crete, lywith us. 3 And the next day, ing towards the southwest and we arrived at Sidon. And Julius west. 13 And when the south treated Paul humanely, and wind blew softly, supposing gave him liberty to go to his that they should obtain their friends, to be taken care of. 4 purpose, they weighed And having loosed from thence, chor, and passed close by we sailed under Cyprus, be- Crete. 14 But, not long after, cause the winds were contrary. a tempestuous wind, called 5 And when we had sailed over Euroclydon, beat against the the sea of Cilicia and Pamphyl-island. lia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. 6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and put us therein.

7 And, having sailed slowly for many days, and scarcely come over-against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over-against Salmone: 8 and, hardly passing by it, we came to a place which is called the Fair havens; near which was the city of Laséa.

9 Now when much time had been spent, and sailing was already become dangerous, (for it

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15 And the ship being borne away, and not able to face the wind, we gave her up, and were driven. 16 And having run under a certain small island, called Clauda, we were scarcely able to be masters of the boat: 17 which, when the sailors had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, they struck sail, and thus were driven. 18 And, we being exceedingly tossed by a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship: 19 and the third day we cast out, with our own hands, the

"About the 25th of September." Thomson.

tackling of the ship. 20 And when neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be preserved was thenceforth taken away.

out of the stern, and wished for day. 30 But the sailors endeavouring to escape out of the ship, let down the boat into the sea, under pretence that they were about to cast anchors out of the foreship, 31 when Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these remain in the ship, ye cannot be preserved."† 32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her go off.

33 And, while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to partake of food; saying,

21 But, after long abstinence, Paul, standing in the midst of them, said, “Sirs, ye should have hearkened to me, and not have loosed from Crete, but have prevented this harm and damage. 22 And now I exhort you to be of good courage: for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the" To-day is the fourteenth day ship. 23 For there stood by of the storm, during which we me this night an angel of that have waited, and continued God, whose I am, and whom I fasting, having taken nothing. serve, saying, 24 'Fear not, Paul; 34 Wherefore I exhort you to thou must be brought before partake of food: for this conCæsar: and, lo, God hath gra- cerns your safety for a hair ciously given thee all who sail shall not fall from the head of with thee.' 25 Wherefore, sirs, any among you." S5 And, havbe of good courage: for I being thus spoken, he took bread, lieve God, that it will be as it and gave thanks to God before hath been told me. 26 How- them all; and, having broken ever, we must be cast upon ait, he began to eat. 36 Then certain island."

they were all of good courage; and they also took food. 37 Now all of us in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six persons. 38 And being satisfied with food, they lightened the ship, and threw the corn into the sea.

27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down, in the Adriatic sea, about midnight, the sailors thought that they drew near to some country; 28 and sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and, when they 39 And when it was day, had gone a little further, they they knew not the land: but sounded again, and found it they observed a certain creek, fifteen fathoms. 29 Then fear-with an even shore, into which ing lest we should fall upon they were determined, if it rocks, they cast four anchors were possible, to thrust the

* Gr. ToU ow(eσbai nμas that we should be saved; though it evidently refers here, to no thing more than the preservation of their temporal lives.

+ Gr. owenvaι saved; see ver. 20.

ship. 40 And having taken up, amongst themselves, "No doubt the anchors, they committed this man is a murderer, whom,

the ship to the sea, and loosed though he hath escaped the the bands of the rudders, and sea, yet vengeance hath not hoisted up the mainsail to the permitted to live." 5 But he wind, and made towards shore. shook off the serpent into the 41 And having reached a place fire, and suffered no harm. 6 which had the sea on both However, they expected he sides, they ran the ship on would have swollen, or fallen ground; and the fore part stuck | down dead suddenly: but expectfast, and remained immoveable, ing a great while, and seeing no but the hinder part was broken harm befal him, they changed by the violence of the waves. their minds, and said he was 42 Now the advice of the a god. soldiers was, to kill the prisoners; lest any of them should swim out, and escape. 43 But the centurion, wishing to preserve Paul, kept them from their purpose, and commanded those who could swim to cast themselves into the sea, and get first upon the land: 44 and that the rest should save themselves, some on boards, and some on things belonging to the ship: and thus it came to pass that they all escaped safe to land.

7 Now in the neighbourhood of that place, were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and entertained us kindly three days. 8 Now it happened that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever, and of a flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and put his hands on him, and cured him. 9 So when this was done, others also, who had diseases in the island, came and were cured: 10 who also bestowed CH. XXVIII. 1 AND when on us many gifts; and, when they had escaped safe, they we departed, laded the ship then knew that the island was with such things as were necalled Melita.* 2 And the bar-cessary. barians showed us no common humanity for they kindled a fire, and brought us all to it, on account of the present rain, and of the cold.

11 AND, after three months, we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the island; whose sign was Castor and Pollux.t 12 And having landed at Syracuse, we remained there three days. 13 From thence we coasted round, and came to Rhegium: after one day the south wind blew, and we came the second day to Puteoli: 14 where we † Gr. Aloxovgois Children of Jupiter.

3 And Paul, having gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, a viper came out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. 4 And when the barbarians saw the serpent hanging on his hand, they said

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found brethren, and were desired to remain with them seven days and then we went toward Rome. 15 And the brethren having heard concerning us, came out as far as Appii forum,* and the Three taverns,* to meet us: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.

thee. 22 But we desire to hear from thee what thou thinkest: for, as to this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against."

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23 And having appointed him a day, many came to him into his lodging: to whom he explained and gave testimony to 16 AND when we came to the kingdom of God, using perRome [the centurion delivered suasion to them [about the the prisoners to the captain of things] concerning Jesus, both the guard, but] Paul was suf- out of the law of Moses, and fered to remain apart, with the out of the prophets, from mornsoldier who kept him. 17 Anding till evening. 24 And some it came to pass, after three believed the things which were days, that Paul called the chief spoken, and some disbelievof the Jews together. And on their being assembled, he said 25 So, not agreeing amongst to them, "Men, brethren, though themselves, they broke up, I have committed nothing a- Paul having said one word, gainst my people, nor the cus-"Well spake the holy spirit to toms of our fathers, yet I was de-our fathers by the prophet livered a prisoner, from Jerusa- Isaiah, 26 saying, Go to this lem, into the hands of the Ro- people, and say, Hearing ye mans: 18 who, when they had exa- will hear, and will not undermined me, would have released stand; and seeing ye will see, me, since there was no cause and will not perceive. 27 For of death in me. 19 But when the heart of this people is bethe Jews spake against this, I come gross, and their ears are was compelled to appeal to dull of hearing, and their eyes Cæsar; not as having aught to they have closed; lest they accuse my nation of. 20 On should see with their eyes, and this account therefore I have hear with their ears, and undercalled for you, that I might see stand with their heart, and you, and speak with you: be- should be converted, and I cause, for the hope of Israel should heal them.' 28 Be it am bound with this chain." known therefore to you, that 21 Then they said to him, the salvation of God is sent "We have neither received to the gentiles; who will hearkletters from Judea concerning en also to it." 29 [And on his thee, nor hath any one of our saying these words the Jews brethren, who came hither relat- departed, and had great disputed or spoken any thing bad of ing amongst themselves.]

"Two villages on the road, the first about fifty miles from Rome, and the other about thirty." Thomson.

30 AND he dwelt two whole God, and teaching those things years in his own hired house, which concern the Lord Jesus and received all who came to Christ, with all freedom of him; 31 preaching the reign of speech, undisturbed.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO THE ROMANS.

CHAP. I.

1 PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God, 2 (which he had promised before, by his prophets, in the holy scriptures,) 3 concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David, according to the flesh, 4 but proved to be the Son of God by power, according to the holy spirit, through his resurrection from the dead;* the gospel, I say, concerning Jesus Christ, our Lord; 5 (by whom we have received the favour of an apostleship, for preaching obedience to the faith, among all the nations, for the sake of

spreading his name; 6 among which nations are ye also, the called of Jesus Christ;) 7 to all the beloved of God, and called to be saints,† who are in Rome: favour be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

8 First, I thank my God, through Jesus Christ, for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. 9 For God is my witness, whom I serve, with my spirit, in the gospel of his Son, that, without ceasing, I make mention of you; 10 always requesting in my prayers, that by some means, now at length, by

* "The apostle could not mean by this phraseology, and the antithesis which he here uses to assert or countenance the strange and unintelligible notion of two natures in Christ; one the, human nature, by which he was the descendant of David; the other a divine nature, by which he was the Son of God. The sense of the passage is plainly this; that Christ by natural descent was of the posterity of David; but that in a figurative sense, by designation of the holy spirit at his baptism, he was the son of God, or the promised Messiah; which was further proved by the extraordinary exertion of divine energy in raising him from the dead. See Mr. Lindsey's Second Address to the Students of the Two Universities. p. 276. Christ is called the Son of God for two reasons: First, because this title is equivalent to that of Messiah, and was so understood by the Jews, John i. so. Thou art the son of God, thou art the king of Israel. Compare Mark i. 1; Luke iv. 41; xxii. 67, 70. Secondly, he is called a son of God, as having been raised from the dead to an immortal life. In this sense Christ is called the first born, having been the first human being who was put into possession of this glorious inheritance. Col. 1. 15, 18, Heb. i. 6; Rev. i. 5. All believers, as heirs of the same inheritance, are also sons of God; Jahn i 12; Rom. viii, 14-17; 1 John iii. 2. Hence they are said to be brethren of Christ, and co-heirs with him and he is the first-born among many brethren. Rom. viii. 29. These are the only senses in which the title Son of God, is applied to Christ in the genuine apostolical writings." Im. Ver. note.

"That this term comprehends the whole body of Christians, appears from Acts xxvi. 10; Rom. xii. 13; 1 Cor. vi. 1; Eph. iii. 8; Heb. iii. 1; 2 Pet. ii. 5, 9; and from many other places. All christians were thus called, because they were dedicated to God: 1 Cor. vii. 14: and because they professed a religion which tended to make them holy. 1 Cor. vi. 11." Newcome. Gr aying holy, or the holy.

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