³⁴ But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

¹⁹ And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

²² All the saints send their love to you, specially those who are of Caesar's house.

⁵ In the same way, there are at this present time some who are marked out by the selection of grace.

⁶ But if it is of grace, then it is no longer of works: or grace would not be grace.

²² And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods.

⁴ And some of them had faith, and were joined to Paul and Silas; and a number of the God-fearing Greeks, and some of the chief women.

⁴⁸ And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.

³⁸ After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, made a request to Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate said he might do so. So he went and took away his body.

³⁹ And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds.

⁴⁰ Then they took the body of Jesus, folding linen about it with the spices, as is the way of the Jews when they put the dead to rest.

⁴¹ Now there was a garden near the cross, and in the garden a new place for the dead in which no man had ever been put.

⁴² So they put Jesus there, because it was the Jews' day of getting ready for the Passover, and the place was near.

⁴⁸ Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees?

⁴⁹ But these people who have no knowledge of the law are cursed.

⁵⁰ Nicodemus--he who had come to Jesus before, being himself one of them--said to them,

⁵¹ Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

⁵² This was their answer: And do you come from Galilee? Make search and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.

¹⁶ So the last will be first, and the first last.

¹⁰ For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and does not go back again, but gives water to the earth, and makes it fertile, giving seed to the planter, and bread for food;

¹¹ So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it.