Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Acts+025   Acts 25     English Standard Version (ESV) Paul Appeals to Caesar 1 Now three days after Festus had arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. 2 And the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid out their case against Paul, and they urged him, 3 asking as a favor against […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Acts+024   Acts 24     English Standard Version (ESV) Paul Before Felix at Caesarea 1 And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul. 2 And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: “Since through […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Acts+023   Acts 23     English Standard Version (ESV) 1 And looking intently at the council, Paul said, “Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.” 2 And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth. 3 Then Paul said to him, “God is […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Acts+022   Acts 22     English Standard Version (ESV) 1 “Brothers and fathers, hear the defense that I now make before you.” 2 And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he said: 3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Acts+021   Acts 21     English Standard Version (ESV) Paul Goes to Jerusalem 1 And when we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. 2 And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set […]