Acts of the Apostles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1160

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prisou doors open, seized his sword, and was about to kill himself, cou- =· » ~ cluding that the prisoners had made their escape. Do your- self no harm ; for we are all here! 29 Demanding then a light, he rushed in, and seized with a tremor, he fell

30 before Paul and Silas, and conducting O sirs, what must I do so that I may save myself ? ’

Believe on the Lord jesus, and you and your family

And they delivered the message of the Lord to him, with

33 all those in his family. Taking them out then at that hour of the night, he washed their wounds; and was him-

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self baptized without delay, as well as all his family. He also took them to his house, and spread a table before them; and, believing in God together with all his family, he was transported with joy. Qzlzuszh frm Qbrismz. When the day dawned, however,

the Generals sent instructions to the Liberate these men. The warder accordingly reported

The Generals have ordered you to be liberated; therefore come out, and depart quietly} Having dogged us·—who are Roman citizens publicly, and without trial, and having thrown us into prison, would they now send us away privately? Certainly not! But instead let them come themselves, and conduct us out} The Sergeants accordingly reported

these words to the Generals, who on learning that they were Romans, be- came terrified. So they came apolo- gizing; and conducting them out, re- quested them to leave the town. Being thus liberated from custody,

they entered the house of Lydia; and having seen the brethren, they con- soled them, and departed. {lzrszrutiart at Wyzssalnuirs. Travelling then through Amphipolis,

and Apollonia, they came to Thessa- lonica, where there was a jewish syna- gogue. And Paul, as was his custom, went in among them, and for three Sabbaths discussed with them from the Scriptureaillustrating and proving that the Messiah must suffer, and rise and that this jesus, whom Iproclaim to you, is the Some of them accordingly believed,

and associated themselves with Paul and Silas; in addition to a consider- able number of pious Greeks, and not a few of the women of rank. But the judeans becoming furious,

secured the assistance ofa number of rumans from the markets, and collect- ing a mob, they made a riot in the town; and attacking the house of jason, they endeavoured to drag them out to the mob. Failing to find them, however, they dragged jason, as well as some of the brothers, before the town councillors,] shouting out: ‘—'1`hese fellows who have turned the empire upside down, have also appear- ed here. jason has privately protected them; and these fellows, ignoring the decrees of the Emperor, actually as- sert that there is another king, jesus.' Then the crowd and the town coun-

cillors, on hearing this, cried out in alarm; and taking bail from jason and the others, they discharged them. imzrurg tu llbean. So the brethren at once sent both

Paul and Silas off to Berma during the night; and arriving there, they entered the jewish synagogue. Now these people were better disposed than the Thessalonians; they accepted the message with hearty good-will, ex- amining the Scriptures daily, so as to verify the statements. Many from among them therefore believed; in- cluding Grecian women of rank, as well as not a few of the men. But when the judeans of Thessa-

lonica learned that the message of God was also proclaimed by Paul in Beroea, they also came there, inciting and annoying the people. The brethren accordingly sent Paul immediately off in the direction ofthe sea; while Silas and Timothy continued there. But Paul's guides conveyed him as far as Athens; and dispatching a message to Silas and Timothy, that they should IO II I2 come to him as soon as possible. they returned. §¤¤1 §rzucbz¤ the Zihiug Gah at Qihzxm. While Paul waited for them at x6 Athens, he was grieved in his spirit to see the city devoted to idols. He ac- 17 cordingly discussed in the synagogue 1 Literally, politarchs, or city fathers. 1160