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 Mark 9; Leviticus 27; Hebrews 5; Revelation 1; Song of Solomon 2; Psalms 4; Proverbs 25; 1 Samuel 6; Isaiah 54; Acts 24.

Mark 9

1	And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
2	And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
3	And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
4	And there appeared unto them Elijah with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus.
5	And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
6	For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
7	And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
8	And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.
9	And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
10	And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
11	And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elijah must first come?
12	And he answered and told them, Elijah verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at naught.
13	But I say unto you, That Elijah is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
14	And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
15	And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.
16	And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
17	And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
18	And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
19	He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
20	And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tore him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.
21	And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
22	And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
23	Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
24	And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
25	When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.
26	And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead.
27	But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose.
28	And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
29	And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
30	And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.
31	For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
32	But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him.
33	And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
34	But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
35	And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
36	And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
37	Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
38	And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbade him, because he followeth not us.
39	But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
40	For he that is not against us is on our part.
41	For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
42	And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
43	And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
44	Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
45	And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
46	Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
47	And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
48	Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
49	For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
50	Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Leviticus 27

1	And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,
2	Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
3	And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
4	And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
5	And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
6	And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
7	And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
8	But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
9	And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
10	He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
11	And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:
12	And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
13	But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
14	And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand.
15	And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
16	And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: a homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
17	If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
18	But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
19	And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
20	And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
21	But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
22	And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;
23	Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubilee: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.
24	In the year of the jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
25	And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
26	Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD's.
27	And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
28	Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.
29	None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
30	And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
31	And if a man will at all redeem aught of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
32	And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
33	He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
34	These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

Hebrews 5

1	For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
2	Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
3	And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
4	And no man taketh this honor unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.
5	So also Christ glorified not himself to be made a high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, today have I begotten thee.
6	As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
7	Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
8	Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;
9	And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
10	Called of God a high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
11	Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
12	For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
13	For every one that useth milk is unskillfull in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14	But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.

Revelation 1

1	The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
2	Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
3	Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
4	John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
5	And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
6	And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
7	Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
8	I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
9	I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
10	I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
11	saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
12	And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
13	And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
14	His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15	And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
16	And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
17	And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
18	I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forevermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
19	Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
20	The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.

Song of Solomon 2

1	I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
2	As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
3	As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
4	He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
5	Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
6	His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
7	I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
8	The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.
9	My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.
10	My beloved spoke, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.
11	For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;
12	The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
13	The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
14	O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
15	Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
16	My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
17	Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

Psalms 4

1	To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
2	O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
3	But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4	Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
5	Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
6	There be many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7	Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
8	I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

Proverbs 25

1	These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out.
2	It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter.
3	The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
4	Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the refiner.
5	Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
6	Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
7	For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
8	Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.
9	Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself; and discover not a secret to another:
10	Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away.
11	A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
12	As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
13	As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
14	Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.
15	By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
16	Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.
17	Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.
18	A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
19	Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.
20	As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon niter, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.
21	If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22	For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
23	The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
24	It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
25	As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
26	A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
27	It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
28	He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.

1 Samuel 6

1	And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
2	And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.
3	And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
4	Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
5	Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
6	Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
7	Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
8	And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
9	And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us.
10	And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
11	And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
12	And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
13	And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
14	And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they cleaved the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
15	And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
16	And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
17	And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
18	And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite.
19	And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
20	And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
21	And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

Isaiah 54

1	Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD.
2	Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;
3	For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.
4	Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
5	For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
6	For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
7	For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
8	In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
9	For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
10	For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee.
11	O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
12	And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
13	And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
14	In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.
15	Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.
16	Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.
17	No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Acts 24

1	And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul.
2	And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence,
3	We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
4	Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words.
5	For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
6	Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
7	But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands,
8	Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
9	And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.
10	Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:
11	Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
12	And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
13	Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.
14	But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
15	And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
16	And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offense toward God, and toward men.
17	Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.
18	Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
19	Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had aught against me.
20	Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
21	Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.
22	And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttmost of your matter.
23	And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
24	And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ.
25	And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
26	He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the more often, and communed with him.
27	But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.

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