¹ After five days, the high priest, Ananias, came down with certain elders and an orator, one Tertullus. They informed the governor against Paul.

² The high priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

² Then the high priest and the principal men of the Jews informed him against Paul, and they begged him,

¹¹ seeing that you can recognize that it is not more than twelve days since I went up to worship at Jerusalem.

³⁵ "I will hear you fully when your accusers also arrive." He commanded that he be kept in Herod's palace.

³⁰ When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell."

²⁴ He asked them to provide animals, that they might set Paul on one, and bring him safely to Felix the governor.

²⁷ When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the multitude and laid hands on him,

⁴ My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

¹ When I came to you, brothers, I didn't come with excellence of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

¹⁵ about whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, asking for a sentence against him.

²¹ On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.

³ The captain of fifty, The honorable man, The counselor, The skilled craftsman, And the clever enchanter.

² For, behold, the wicked bend their bows. They set their arrows on the strings, That they may shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.