The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

And as he consydred the thinge he cam to the housse of Mary the mother of one Iohn which was called Marke also where many were gaddered to gedder in prayer.

As Peter knocked at the entry dore a damsell cam forth to herken named Rhoda.

And when she knew Peters voyce she opened not the entrey for gladnes but ran in and told how Peter stode before the entrey.

And they sayde vnto her: thou arte mad. And she bare them doune that it was even so. Then sayde they: it is his angell.

Peter contynued knockinge. When they had opened the dore and sawe him they were astonyed.

And he beckened vnto them with the honde to holde their peace and tolde them by what meanes the Lorde had brought him oute of the preson. And sayde: goo shew these thinges vnto Iames and to the brethren. And he departed and went into a nother place.

Assone as it was daye ther was no lyttell a doo amonge the soudyers what was becum of Peter.

When Herode had called for him and founde him not he examined the kepers and commaunded to departe. And he descended from Iewry to Cesarea and ther abode.

Herode was displeased with them of Tyre and Sydon. And they came all at once and made intercession vnto Blastus the kynges chamberlen and desyred peace because their countrey was norysshed by the kynges londe.

And upon a daye appoynted Herode arayed him in royall apparell and set him in his seate and made an oraycon vnto them.

And the people gave a shoute sayinge: it is the voyce of a God and not of a man.

And immediatly the angell of the Lorde smote him because he gave not God the honoure and he was eatyn of wormes and gave vp the goost.

And the worde of God grewe and multiplied.

And Barnabas and Paul returned to Ierusalem when they had fulfilled their office and toke with them Iohn which was also called Marcus.

There were at Antioche in the congregacion certayne Prophetes and teachers: as Barnabas and Simon called Niger and Lucius of Cerene and Manahen Herode the Tetrarkes norsfelowe and Saul.

As they mynistred to the Lorde and fasted the holy goost sayde: separate me Barnabas and Saul for the worke where vnto I have called them.

Then fasted they and prayed and put their hondes on them and let them goo.

And they after they were sent of the holy goost came vnto Seleutia and from thence they sayled to Cyprus.

And when they were come to Salamine they shewed the worde of God in the synagoges of the Iewes. And they had Iohn to their minister.

When they had gone thorowout the yle vnto the cite of Paphos they foude a certayne sorserer a falce prophet

which was a Iewe named Bariesu which was with the ruler of the countre won Sergius Paulus a prudet man. The same ruler called vnto him Barnabas and Saul and desyred to heare the worde of God.

But Elemas the sorcerar (for so was his name by interpretacion) with stode them and sought to turne awaye the ruler from the fayth.

Then Saul which also is called Paul beinge full of the holy goost set his eyes on him

and sayde: O full of all sutteltie and disseytfulnes the chylde of the devyll and the enemye of all righteousnes thou ceasest not to pervert the strayght wayes of the Lorde.

And now beholde the honde of the Lorde is vpon the and thou shalt be blinde and not se the sunne for a season. And immediatly ther fell on him a myste and a darcknes and he went aboute sekinge them that shuld leade him by the honde.

Then the rular when he sawe what had happened beleved and wodred at the doctryne of the Lorde.

When they that were with Paule were departed by shyppe from Paphus they cam to Perga a cite of Pamphilia: and there Iohn departed from them and returned to Ierusalem.

But they wandred thorowe the countres from Perga to Antioche a cite of the countre of Pisidia and wet in to the synagoge on the saboth daye and sate doune.

And after the lawe and the Prophetes were redde the rulers of the synagoge sent vnto them sayinge: Ye men and brethren yf ye have eny sermon to exhorte ye people saye on.

Then Paul stode vp and beckened with the honde and sayde: Men of Israel and ye that feare God geve audiece.

The God of this people chose oure fathers and exalted the people when they dwelt as straugers in the londe of Egypt and with a mighty arme brought them oute of it

and aboute the tyme of .xl. yeares suffred he their maners in the wyldernes.

And he destroyed .vii. nacions in the londe of Canaan and devided their londe to them by lot.

And after warde he gave vnto them iudges aboute the space of .iiii.C. and .l. yeres vnto the tyme of Samuel the Prophet.

And after that they desyred a kinge and God gave vnto them Saul the sonne of Cis a man of the tribe of Beniamin by the space of .xl. yeres.

And after he had put him doune he set vp David to be their kynge of whome he reported sayinge: I have founde David the sonne of Iesse a man after myne awne hert he shall fulfill all my will.

Of this manes seed hath God (accordinge to his promes) brought forth to the people of Israel a saviour one Iesus

when Iohn had fyrst preached before his cominge the baptyme of repentaunce to Israel.

And when Iohn had fulfylled his course he sayde: whome ye thinke that I am the same am I not. But beholde ther cometh one after me whose shewes of his fete I am not worthy to lowse.

Ye men and brethren chyldren of the generacion of Abraham and whosoever amonge you feareth God to you is this worde of salvacion sent.

The inhabiters of Ierusalem and their rulers because they knewe him not nor yet the voyces of the Prophetes which are redde every Saboth daye they have fulfilled them in condempninge him.

And when they founde no cause of deeth in him yet desyred they Pylate to kyll him.

And when they had fulfilled all that were written of him they toke him doune from the tree and put him in a sepulcre.

But God raysed him agayne from deeth

and he was sene many dayes of them which came with him from Galile to Ierusalem. Which are his witnesses vnto the people.

And we declare vnto you how that the promes made vnto the fathers

God hath fulfilled vnto vs their chyldren in that he reysed vp Iesus agayne even as it is written in the fyrste psalme: Thou arte my sonne this same daye begat I the.

As concernynge that he reysed him vp from deeth now no more to returne to corrupcion he sayde on this wyse: The holy promyses made to David I will geve them faithfully to you.

Wherfore he saith also in another place: Thou shalt not soffre thyne holye to se corrupcion.

Howbe it David after he had in his tyme fulfilled the will of God he slepte and was layde with his fathers and sawe corrupcion.

But he whom God reysed agayne sawe no corrupcion.

Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men and brethren that thorow this man is preached vnto you the forgevenes of synnes

and that by him are all that beleve iustified from all thinges from the which ye coulde not be iustified by the lawe of Moses.

Beware therfore lest that fall on you which is spoken of in the Prophetes:

Beholde ye despisers and wonder and perishe ye: for I do aworke in youre dayes which ye shall not beleve yf a man wolde declare it you.

When they were come out of the Synagoge of the Iewes the getyls besought that they wolde preache the worde to them bitwene the Saboth dayes.

When the congregacion was broken vp many of the Iewes and verteous covertes folowed Paul and Barnabas which spake to them and exhorted them to cotinue in the grace of God.

And the nexte Saboth daye came almoste the whole cite to gether to heare the worde of God.

When the Iewes sawe the people they were full of indignacion and spake agaynst those thinges which were spoken of Paul spekinge agaynst it and raylinge on it.

Then Paul and Barnabas wexed bolde and sayde: it was mete that the worde of God shulde fyrst have bene preached to you. But seinge ye put it from you and thinke youre selfes onworthy of everlastinge lyfe: lo we turne to the gentyls.

For so hath the Lorde commaunded vs: I have made the a light to the getyls that thou be salvacion vnto the ende of the worlde.

The getyls hearde and were glad and glorified the worde of the Lorde and beleved: even as many as were ordeyned vnto eternall lyfe.

And the worde of the Lorde was publisshed thorowe oute all the region.

But the Iewes moved the worshypfull and honorable wemen and the chefe men of the cyte and reysed persecucion agaynst Paul and Barnabas and expelled them oute of their costes.

And they shouke of the duste of their fete agaynst them and came vnto Iconium.

And the disciples were filled with ioye and with the holy goost.

And it fortuned in Iconium that they went both to gether into the synagoge of the Iewes and so spake that a gret multitude both of the Iewes and also of the Grekes beleved.

But the unbelevinge Iewes steryd vp and vnquyeted the myndes of the Gentyls agaynste the brethren.

Longe tyme a bode they there and quyt them selves boldly with the helpe of the Lorde the which gave testimony vnto the worde of his grace and caused signes and wondres to be done by their hondes.

The people of the cyte were devided: and parte helde with the Iewes and parte with the Apostles.

When ther was a saute made both of the gentyls and also of the Iewes with their rulers to put them to shame and to stone them

they were ware of it and fled vnto Listra and Derba cities of Licaonia and vnto the region that lyeth round aboute

And there preached the gospell.

And ther sate a certayne man at Listra weake in his fete beinge creple from his mothers wombe and never walkyd.

The same hearde Paul preache. Which behelde him and perceaved that he had fayth to be whole

and sayd with a loude voyce: stond vp right on thy fete. And he stert vp and walked.

And when the people sawe what Paul had done they lifte vp their voyces sayinge in the speache of Lycaonia: Goddes are come doune to vs in the lyknes of men.

And they called Barnabas Iupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the preacher.

Then Iupiters Preste which dwelt before their cite brought oxe and garlondes vnto the churche porche and wolde have done sacrifise with the people.

But when the Apostles Barnabas and Paul herde that they rent their clothes and ran in amonge the people cryinge

and sayinge: syrs why do ye this? We are mortall men lyke vnto you and preache vnto you that ye shuld turne from these vanyties vnto the lyvinge God which made heaven and erth and the see and all that in them is:

the which in tymes past suffred all nacions to walke in their awne wayes.

Neverthelesse he lefte not him selfe with outen witnes in that he shewed his benefites in gevinge vs rayne from heaven and frutefull ceasons fyllinge oure hertes with fode and gladnes.

And with these sayinges scase refrayned they the people that they had not done sacrifice vnto them.

Thither came certayne Iewes from Antioche and Iconium and optayned the peoples consent and stoned Paul and drewe him oute of the cyte supposynge he had bene deed.

How be it as the disciples stode rounde about him he arose vp and cam into the cyte. And the nexte daye he departed with Barnabas to Derba.

After they had preached to that cite and had taught many they returned agayne to Lisira and to Iconium and Antioche

and strengthed the disciples soules exhortinge them to continue in the faith affyrminge that we must thorowe moche tribulacion entre into the kyngdome of God.

And when they had ordened them elders by eleccion in every congregacion after they had yrayde and fasted they comended them to God on whom they beleved.

And they went thorow out Pisidia and came into Paphilia

and when they had preached the worde of God in Perga they descended in to Attalia

and thence departed by shippe to Antioche from whence they were delivered vnto the grace of God to the worke which they had fulfilled.

When they were come and had gaddered the congregacion to gedder they rehersed all that God had done by them and how he had opened the dore of faith vnto the getyls.

And ther they abode longe tyme with the disciples.

Then cam certayne from Iewrie and taught the brethren: excepte ye be circumcysed after the maner of Moses ye cannot be saved.

And when ther was rysen dissencion and disputinge not a litle vnto Paul and Barnabas agaynst them. They determined that Paul and Barnabas and certayne other of them shuld ascende to Ierusalem vnto the Apostles and elders aboute this question.

And after they were brought on their waye by the congregacion they passed over Phenices and Samaria declarynge the conuersion of the getyls and they brought great ioye vnto all the brethren.

And when they were come to Ierusalem they were receaved of the congregacion and of the Apostles and elders. And they declared what thinges God had done by them.

Then arose ther vp certayne that were of the secte of the Pharises and dyd beleve sayinge that it was nedfull to circucise them and to enioyne the to kepe the lawe of Moses.

And the Apostles and elders came to geder to reason of this matter.