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Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

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RF ACT 23:1 Paul Before the Senate.
Paul, then, looking fixedly at the senate, said, "Men, brothers! I have done my duty with a clear conscience in the presence of God until this very day."
RF ACT 23:2 The High Priest, Ananias, interposing, ordered the officers standing near him to strike him on the mouth.
RF ACT 23:3 "God will strike you, you white-washed wall!" exclaimed Paul, in reply to him. "Do you sit to try me in accordance with the law, and in defiance of the law order me to be struck?"
RF ACT 23:4 The attendants, standing by, exclaimed, "How dare you abuse the High Priest of God?"
RF ACT 23:5 "I do not know, brothers, that he is High Priest: for it is written, YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK ILL OF THE PRINCE OF YOUR PEOPLE."2
RF ACT 23:6 Paul, perceiving, however, that one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, shouted out to the senate: "Men! Brothers! I am myself a Pharisee! a son of Pharisees! it is concerning a hope and resurrection from the dead that I am indicted!"
RF ACT 23:7 So when he had said this, a split occurred between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.
RF ACT 23:8 For the Sadducees hold that there is no rising again, neither is there angel or spirit; but the Pharisees, on the other hand, acknowledge both.
RF ACT 23:9 Consequently a great uproar ensued; and some of the professors, who were Pharisees, stood up in opposition and declared, "We can find nothing wrong against this man; but if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel."
RF ACT 23:10 Then a great disturbance arose, and the Commandant being afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, ordered the troops to go down and forcibly take him from among them, and conduct him into the fortress.
RF ACT 23:11 The Divine Promise to Paul.
During the following night, however, the Lord stood beside him, and said, "Take courage! for as you have given evidence concerning Me at Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome."
RF ACT 23:12 Conspiracy to Murder Paul.
But when day came, the Jews conspired, invoking a curse upon themselves, declaring that they would neither eat nor drink until they had murdered Paul.
RF ACT 23:13 And there were more than forty who made this conspiracy.
RF ACT 23:14 These, coming to the chief priests and senators, said: "Cursing, we have invoked a curse upon ourselves, to taste nothing until we have assassinated Paul.
RF ACT 23:15 Now, therefore, you yourselves, with the senate, intimate to the Commandant to bring him down to you, as if you desired to examine his case with greater accuracy; for we are ready to kill him before his arrival."
RF ACT 23:16 But Paul's nephew, hearing of the conspiracy, went and entered the fortress, and reported it to Paul.
RF ACT 23:17 Paul accordingly spoke to one of the captains, and said, "Conduct this gentleman to the Commandant, for he has something to tell him."
RF ACT 23:18 He accordingly took him and conducted him to the Commandant, and said, The prisoner Paul, having called me to him, desired me to bring this gentleman to you, as he has something to say to you."
RF ACT 23:19 The Commandant, then shaking his hand and taking him to his private apartment, inquired, "What is it that you have to report to me?"
RF ACT 23:20 When he said, "The Jews have decided to ask you in the morning to bring down Paul to the senate, as wishing to inquire with greater accuracy something about him.
RF ACT 23:21 But do not be persuaded by them; for more than forty men of them lie in ambush, who have invoked a curse upon themselves to neither eat nor drink until they have murdered him; and they are even now ready, under the impression that they will receive a favorable reply from you."
RF ACT 23:22 The Commandant then dismissed the young man, enjoining him to "Be sure and tell no one that you have reported these matters to me."
RF ACT 23:23 Summoning then two of the captains, he said, "Get ready two hundred soldiers, seventy cavalry, and two hundred spearmen, to proceed as far as Caesarea, by nine o'clock to-night.
RF ACT 23:24 Also provide animals upon which Paul may be conducted in safety to Felix the governor."
RF ACT 23:25 Paul Sent to Caesarea.
He also wrote a dispatch running in this form:
RF ACT 23:26 "Claudius Lysias, to His Excellency Governor Felix, greeting,"
RF ACT 23:27 This man, having been assaulted by the Jews, and almost assassinated by them, I rescued by appearing with the troops, understanding that he was a Roman.
RF ACT 23:28 And desiring to know the ground of their accusation against him, I took him down to their senate;
RF ACT 23:29 when I discovered that the charge had reference to disputed points of their own law; but he was charged with nothing deserving of death, nor even of imprisonment.
RF ACT 23:30 Accordingly, on its coming to my knowledge that they had organized a conspiracy against the man, I have immediately sent him to you; instructing his prosecutors also to state their charge before you. Farewell."
RF ACT 23:31 So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul, and conducted him during the night to Antipatris.
RF ACT 23:32 But on the following day, they returned to the garrison, leaving the cavalry to proceed with him.
RF ACT 23:33 These, on their arrival at Caesarea, delivered the dispatch to the governor, and also presented Paul to him.
RF ACT 23:34 Then having read it, he asked to what province he belonged; and learning that he came from Cilicia,
RF ACT 23:35 he remarked, "I will hear your case as soon as your prosecutors make their appearance." He also ordered him to be entertained in the palace of Herod.
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2 Exod. 22. 28




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