the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
Romans 15:31 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition that I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judæa; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Pray] that I may be delivered (rescued) from the unbelievers in Judea and that my mission of relief to Jerusalem may be acceptable and graciously received by the saints (God's people there), American Standard Version (1901) that I may be delivered from them that are disobedient in Judæa, and that my ministration which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints; Common English Bible Pray that I will be rescued from the people in Judea who don’t believe. Also, pray that my service for Jerusalem will be acceptable to God’s people there Catholic Public Domain Version so that I may be freed from the unfaithful who are in Judea, and so that the oblation of my service may be acceptable to the saints in Jerusalem. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That I may be delivered from the unbelievers that are in Judea, and that the oblation of my service may be acceptable in Jerusalem to the saints. |
the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him,
And Festus said, King Agrip´pa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
Then Anani´as answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Steph´anas, that it is the firstfruits of Achai´a, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
while by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;
who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:
and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.
persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at An´ti-och, at Ico´ni-um, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.