Professor Horner’s Reading Plan

Read through the Bible in one year by reading 10 chapters a day from 10 different sections of the Bible using the Professor Grant Horner Bible reading plan.

Today, we are reading Matthew 11; Genesis 2; 2 Corinthians 1; Revelation 16; Job 3; Psalms 39; Proverbs 3; 2 Chronicles 9; Hosea 6; Acts 21.

Matthew 11

1	And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
2	Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,
3	And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?
4	Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see:
5	The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
6	And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.
7	And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
8	But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
9	But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
10	For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
11	Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12	And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
13	For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
14	And if ye will receive it, this is Elijah, which was for to come.
15	He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
16	But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
17	And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
18	For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.
19	The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
20	Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
21	Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22	But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
23	And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
24	But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, than for thee.
25	At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
26	Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
27	All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
28	Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29	Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30	For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Genesis 2

1	Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2	And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
3	And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
4	These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
5	And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
6	But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7	And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
8	And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
9	And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10	And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
11	The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12	And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13	And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14	And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
15	And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
16	And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17	But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
18	And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
19	And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
20	And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a help meet for him.
21	And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
22	And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
23	And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
24	Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
25	And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

2 Corinthians 1

1	Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
2	Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3	Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4	Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
5	For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
6	And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
7	And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
8	For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
9	But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:
10	Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
11	Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
12	For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
13	For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;
14	As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.
15	And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
16	And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judea.
17	When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
18	But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
19	For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
20	For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
21	Now he which establisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
22	Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
23	Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
24	Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

Revelation 16

1	And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2	And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshiped his image.
3	And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
4	And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5	And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
6	For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
7	And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8	And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9	And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
10	And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11	And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
12	And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13	And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.
14	For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
15	Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16	And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
17	And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
18	And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19	And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.
20	And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
21	And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

Job 3

1	After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
2	And Job spoke, and said,
3	Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
4	Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
5	Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6	As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.
7	Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
8	Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
9	Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
10	Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
11	Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?
12	Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
13	For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
14	With kings and counselors of the earth, which built desolate places for themselves;
15	Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
16	Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
17	There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
18	There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
19	The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
20	Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
21	Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;
22	Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
23	Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
24	For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.
25	For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
26	I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

Psalms 39

1	To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David. I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
2	I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
3	My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spoke I with my tongue,
4	LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am.
5	Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6	Surely every man walketh in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7	And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
8	Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9	I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
10	Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11	When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12	Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13	O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more.

Proverbs 3

1	My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2	For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
3	Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart:
4	So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
5	Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
6	In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
7	Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.
8	It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
9	Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
10	So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
11	My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
12	For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
13	Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
14	For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
15	She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
16	Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor.
17	Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
18	She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
19	The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
20	By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
21	My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22	So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
23	Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
24	When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
25	Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.
26	For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.
27	Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
28	Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again, and tomorrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.
29	Devise not evil against thy neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
30	Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
31	Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
32	For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
33	The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
34	Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
35	The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

2 Chronicles 9

1	And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
2	And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not.
3	And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built,
4	And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her.
5	And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom:
6	Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
7	Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom.
8	Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.
9	And she gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
10	And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones.
11	And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.
12	And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants.
13	Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold;
14	Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon.
15	And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target.
16	And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon.
17	Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.
18	And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
19	And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
20	And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold: none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
21	For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
22	And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.
23	And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart.
24	And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.
25	And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.
26	And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt.
27	And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance.
28	And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands.
29	Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat?
30	And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years.
31	And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.

Hosea 6

1	Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
2	After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
3	Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
4	O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
5	Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.
6	For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
7	But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.
8	Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.
9	And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.
10	I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.
11	Also, O Judah, he hath set a harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

Acts 21

1	And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
2	And finding a ship sailing over unto Phoenicia, we went aboard, and set forth.
3	Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
4	And finding disciples we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
5	And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
6	And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
7	And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
8	And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
9	And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
10	And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
11	And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
12	And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13	Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
14	And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
15	And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
16	There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
17	And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly.
18	And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present.
19	And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
20	And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
21	And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.
22	What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
23	Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
24	Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
25	As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
26	Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.
27	And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
28	Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
29	(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
30	And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut.
31	And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
32	Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
33	Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
34	And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
35	And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
36	For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
37	And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek?
38	Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers?
39	But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
40	And when he had given him license, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

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