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-\v 30 On the next day, the chief captain wanted to know the truth about the Jews' accusations against Paul. So he untied his bonds and ordered the chief priests and all the council to meet. Then he brought Paul down and placed him in their midst.
+\v 30 On the next day, the chief captain wanted to know for certain about the Jews' accusations against Paul. So he untied his bonds and ordered the chief priests and all the council to meet. Then he brought Paul down and placed him in their midst.
 
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 \v 20 The young man said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring down Paul tomorrow to the council, as if they were going to ask more precisely about his case.
-\v 21 But do not give in to them, because there are more than forty men who are lying in wait for him. They have put themselves under oath neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Even now they are ready, waiting for your approval."
+\v 21 But do not be persuaded by them, because there are more than forty men who are lying in wait for him. They have put themselves under oath neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Even now they are ready, waiting for your approval."
 
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 \v 7 \f + \ft Some ancient copies have for verse 7 and the beginning of verse 8, \fqa 7 But Lysias, the officer, came and took him by force out of our hands, 8 commanding his accusers to come to you \fqa* . \f*
-\v 8 When you question Paul about all these matters, you will be able to learn about all the things of which we are accusing him."
+\v 8 When you examine Paul about all these matters, you will be able to learn about all the things of which we are accusing him."
 \v 9 The Jews also joined in the accusation, affirming that these charges were true.
 
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 \v 14 But I confess this to you, that according to the Way that they call a sect, in that same way I serve the God of our fathers. I believe everything that accords with the law and what is written in the prophets.
-\v 15 I have the same hope in God as these men, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
+\v 15 I have a hope in God, which these men also have, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
 \v 16 So I always strive to have a blameless conscience before God and human beings.
 
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 \v 3 asking him to do them a favor against Paul—to summon him to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way.
 
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-\v 4 Festus answered that Paul was being held at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon.
+\v 4 Festus answered that Paul was being held in custody at Caesarea, and that he himself was going there soon.
 \v 5 "Therefore, those who can," he said, "should go there with us. If there is something wrong with the man, you should accuse him."
 
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 \v 10 Paul said, "I stand before the judgment seat of Caesar where I must be judged. I have wronged no Jews, just as you also very well know.
 
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-\v 11 Though if I have done wrong and if I have done what is worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if their accusations are nothing, no one may hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar."
+\v 11 Though if I have done wrong and if I have done what is worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if their accusations are nothing, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar."
 \v 12 After Festus talked with the council, he answered, "You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!"
 
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 \v 17 Therefore, when they came together here, I did not wait, but the next day I sat in the judgment seat and I ordered the man to be brought in.
 \v 18 When the accusers stood up, they charged him with nothing that I considered wickedness.
 \v 19 Instead, they had certain disputes with him about their own religion and about a certain Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claims to be alive.
-\v 20 I was not certain about how to investigate this matter, and so I asked him if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem to stand trial there about these charges.
+\v 20 I was perplexed about how to investigate this matter, and so I asked him if he would be willing to go to Jerusalem to stand trial there about these charges.
 
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 \v 21 But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody while awaiting the decision of the emperor, I ordered him to be held in custody until I could send him to Caesar."
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 \v 23 So on the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with much ceremony; they came into the hall with the military officers and with the prominent men of the city. When Festus spoke the command, Paul was brought to them.
-\v 24 Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all you men who are here with us, you see this man; all the multitude of Jews called on me in Jerusalem and here also, and they shouted to me that he should no longer live.
+\v 24 Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all you men who are here with us, you see this man; all the multitude of Jews appealed to me in Jerusalem and here also, and they shouted to me that he should no longer live.
 
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-\v 25 I learned that he had done nothing worthy of death; but because he appealed to the emperor, I decided to send him.
-\v 26 But I do not have something definite to write to my lord. For this reason, I have brought him to you, especially to you, King Agrippa, so that I might have something more to write about the case.
+\v 25 I perceived that he had done nothing worthy of death; but because he appealed to the emperor, I decided to send him.
+\v 26 But I do not have anything certain to write to my lord. For this reason, I have brought him to you, especially to you, King Agrippa, so that I might have something more to write about the case.
 \v 27 For it seems unreasonable for me to send a prisoner and to not also state the charges against him."
 
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 \v 1 So Agrippa said to Paul, "You may speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and made his defense.
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-\v 2 "I regard myself as happy, King Agrippa, to make my case before you today against all the accusations of the Jews,
+\v 2 "I consider myself as happy, King Agrippa, to make my case before you today against all the accusations of the Jews,
 \v 3 especially because you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and questions. So I beg you to hear me patiently.
 
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 \v 9 We had now taken much time, the time of the Jewish fast also had passed, and it had now become dangerous to sail. So Paul warned them,
 \v 10 and said, "Men, I see that the voyage we are about to take will be with injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives."
-\v 11 But the centurion paid more attention to the master and to the owner of the ship than to those things that were spoken by Paul.
+\v 11 But the centurion was more persuaded by the master and by the owner of the ship than by those things that were spoken by Paul.
 
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 \v 12 Because the harbor was not easy to spend the winter in, most of the sailors advised to sail from there, and if by any means we could reach the city of Phoenix, to spend the winter there. Phoenix is a harbor in Crete, facing both southwest and northwest.
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 \v 42 The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them could swim away and escape.
 \v 43 But the centurion wanted to save Paul, so he stopped their plan; and he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
-\v 44 Then the rest of the men should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. In this way it happened that all of us came safely to land.
+\v 44 Then the rest of the men should follow, some on planks, and some on other things from the ship. In this way it happened that all of us were brought safely to land.
 
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