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And they preach customs to us which are not lawful for us to accept and practice, because we are Romans.

When the keeper of the prison awoke, and saw that the prison doors were open, he took a sword and would have killed himself, for he thought the prisoners had escaped.

But Paul cried with a loud voice and said to him, Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.

And Paul, as was his custom, went in to join them, and for three sabbaths, he spoke to them from the scriptures,

For the Jews there were more liberal than the Jews who were in Thes-sa-lo-ni''ca, in that they gladly heard the word daily, and searched the scriptures to find out if these things were so.

Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, he saw the whole city full of idols, and he murmured thereat in his spirit.

For you proclaim strange words to our ears and we want to know what these things mean.

(For all the Athenians and the strangers who were there, were uninterested in anything except something new to tell or to hear.)

For as I walked about, and viewed the house of your idols, I found an altar with this inscription, THIS IS THE ALTAR OF THE UNKNOWN GOD, whom therefore, while you know him not but yet worship, is the very one I am preaching to you.

For the God, who made the world and all things therein, and who is the LORD of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands;

Neither is he ministered to by human hands, nor is he in need of anything, for it is he who gave life and breath to all men.

For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as some of your own wise men have said, For we are his kindred.

For the times of ignorance God has made to pass, and at this time he has commanded all men, everywhere, to repent.

For he has appointed a day in which he will judge all the earth with righteousness by the man whom he has chosen; he who has turned every man towards his faith; for that, he has raised him from the dead.

And because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them: for they were saddle makers by trade.

So he shook his garments and said to them, From henceforth I am not to be blamed for what I am about to do; I am going to the Gentiles.

For I am with you, and no man can harm you: and I have many people in this city.

For he had already been in Corinth a year and six months and had taught the word of God among them.

But if they are a mere question of words and names and concerning your law, you can settle it better among yourselves; for I do not wish to be a judge of such matters.

And after Paul had remained there many days, he bade the brethen farewell and sailed for Syria, and with him Pris-cil''la and A''quila; having shorn his head in Cen''chre-a: because he had vowed a vow.