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 Luke 23; Numbers 30; 1 Corinthians 6; 1 Timothy 1; Job 24; Psalms 34; Proverbs 24; 2 Samuel 5; Jeremiah 18; Acts 26.

Luke 23

1	And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
2	And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
3	And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
4	Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man.
5	And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place.
6	When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean.
7	And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time.
8	And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
9	Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
10	And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him.
11	And Herod with his men of war set him at naught, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
12	And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
13	And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
14	Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
15	No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
16	I will therefore chastise him, and release him.
17	(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
18	And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
19	(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.)
20	Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them.
21	But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.
22	And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
23	And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
24	And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
25	And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
26	And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
27	And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
28	But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
29	For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
30	Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
31	For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
32	And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.
33	And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
34	Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
35	And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
36	And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
37	And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
38	And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
39	And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
40	But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
41	And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
42	And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
43	And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.
44	And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
45	And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst.
46	And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
47	Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
48	And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
49	And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
50	And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counselor; and he was a good man, and a just:
51	(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
52	This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
53	And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid.
54	And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
55	And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulcher, and how his body was laid.
56	And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

Numbers 30

1	And Moses spoke unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
2	If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
3	If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;
4	And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
5	But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
6	And if she had at all a husband, when she vowed, or uttered aught out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
7	And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
8	But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
9	But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
10	And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
11	And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
12	But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
13	Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
14	But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
15	But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
16	These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.

1 Corinthians 6

1	Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
2	Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3	Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
4	If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
5	I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren?
6	But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.
7	Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
8	Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren.
9	Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
10	Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
11	And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
12	All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
13	Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
14	And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
15	Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid.
16	What? know ye not that he which is joined to a harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17	But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
18	Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
19	What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20	For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.

1 Timothy 1

1	Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope;
2	Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
3	As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
4	Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
5	Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
6	From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
7	Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
8	But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
9	Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10	For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
11	According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
12	And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
13	Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
14	And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
15	This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
16	Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
17	Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
18	This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
19	Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
20	Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.

Job 24

1	Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
2	Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
3	They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4	They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5	Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising quickly for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
6	They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7	They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
8	They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9	They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10	They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
11	Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12	Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
13	They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14	The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15	The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
16	In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17	For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18	He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19	Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
20	The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21	He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
22	He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23	Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
24	They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25	And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

Psalms 34

1	A Psalm of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed. I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2	My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
3	O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
4	I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5	They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
6	This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7	The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8	O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
9	O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
10	The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
11	Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12	What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
13	Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.
14	Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
15	The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
16	The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17	The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18	The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
19	Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
20	He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
21	Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22	The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.

Proverbs 24

1	Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
2	For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
3	Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established:
4	And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.
5	A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.
6	For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors there is safety.
7	Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
8	He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.
9	The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
10	If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
11	If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
12	If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
13	My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste:
14	So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.
15	Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
16	For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
17	Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
18	Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.
19	Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked;
20	For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
21	My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
22	For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
23	These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment.
24	He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
25	But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.
26	Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
27	Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house.
28	Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
29	Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
30	I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;
31	And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32	Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
33	Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34	So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth; and thy want as an armed man.

2 Samuel 5

1	Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh.
2	Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
3	So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
4	David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
5	In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
6	And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spoke unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
7	Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
8	And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
9	So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
10	And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
11	And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house.
12	And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
13	And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
14	And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,
15	Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
16	And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
17	But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.
18	The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
19	And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
20	And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
21	And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
22	And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
23	And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
24	And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
25	And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

Jeremiah 18

1	The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
2	Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.
3	Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.
4	And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.
5	Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
6	O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
7	At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
8	If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
9	And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;
10	If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
11	Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
12	And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.
13	Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
14	Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
15	Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up;
16	To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head.
17	I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.
18	Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
19	Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
20	Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
21	Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
22	Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet.
23	Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger.

Acts 26

1	Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
2	I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews:
3	Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
4	My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
5	Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
6	And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
7	Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
8	Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead?
9	I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10	Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
11	And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
12	Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13	At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
14	And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
15	And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest.
16	But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee;
17	Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
18	To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
19	Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
20	But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
21	For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me.
22	Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come:
23	That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
24	And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.
25	But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but I speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
26	For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
27	King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest.
28	Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
29	And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
30	And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
31	And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds.
32	Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

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