Acts 21:32

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and as he himself appealed to the emperor I determined to send him,

and they sat and watched him there.

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.

Behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came; and seeing him, he fell at his feet,

When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

“This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them, when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.

Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you shall go.”

He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”

When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”

Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.

He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,

Punishing them often in all the synagogues, I tried to make them blaspheme. Being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.

Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,

They break your people in pieces, Yahweh, and afflict your heritage.

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.

But watch yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils. You will be beaten in synagogues. You will stand before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them.

Behold, a man named Jairus came. He was a ruler of the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus’ feet, and begged him to come into his house,

In the same way a Levite also, when he came to the place, and saw him, passed by on the other side.

Woe to you lawyers! For you took away the key of knowledge. You didn’t enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in, you hindered.”

And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward for our deeds, but this man has done nothing wrong.”

I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God.”

They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

But the centurion gave more heed to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things which were spoken by Paul.

“To the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write: “The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like burnished brass, says these things:

The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh’s taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and were asked, “Why haven’t you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?”

that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without defect, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.

You shall not deprive the foreigner or the fatherless of justice, nor take a widow’s clothing in pledge;

It shall be, if the wicked man is worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.

He lurks in secret as a lion in his ambush. He lies in wait to catch the helpless. He catches the helpless when he draws him in his net.

The counsel of Yahweh stands fast forever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.

A righteous man respects the life of his animal, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

What do you mean that you crush my people, and grind the face of the poor?” says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies.

The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be killed.

The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.”

who tell the seers, “Don’t see!” and the prophets, “Don’t prophesy to us right things. Tell us pleasant things. Prophesy deceits.

Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness. You don’t fast today so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in Yahweh’s house.

Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets: “This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.”

Now therefore, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you,

Then the princes said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah go hide. Don’t let anyone know where you are.”

The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers.’

It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

“What do you mean, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?

All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and no one can stop his hand, or ask him, “What are you doing?”

“But you gave the Nazirites wine to drink, and commanded the prophets, saying, ‘Don’t prophesy!’

who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.

So the ship master came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, call on your God! Maybe your God will notice us, so that we won’t perish.”

“Don’t prophesy!” They prophesy. “Don’t prophesy about these things. Disgrace won’t overtake us.”

You who hate the good, and love the evil; who tear off their skin, and their flesh from off their bones;

The tempter came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.”

When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,

Therefore behold, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

saying, “I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood.” But they said, “What is that to us? You see to it.”

So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it.”

and saying, “You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”

Pilate said to them, “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried out exceedingly, “Crucify him!”

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.

At the proper season, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty.

They all said, “Are you then the Son of God?” He said to them, “You say it, because I am.”

and said to them, “You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and behold, having examined him before you, I found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.

saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”

They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

But Saul, still breathing threats and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say.”

Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.

Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”

Then all the Greeks seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.

I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”

When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them, and bring him into the barracks.

Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, “Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him.”

He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”

He even tried to profane the temple, and we arrested him.

When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;

but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,

For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not “Yes and no,” but in him is “Yes.”

Five times I received forty stripes minus one from the Jews.

Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. The Italians greet you.

Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.”