 10 Verily verily I say to you, he that enters not through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same as a thief and a robber, but he that enters in through the door is a shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out, and when he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice, and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they know not the voice of strangers. This parable spoke Jesus to them, but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them. Therefore said Jesus to them again, Verily verily I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who came before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door. If anyone enter in through me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture. The thief comes not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep, but he that is a hireling and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf catches them and scatters the sheep. The hireling flees, because he is a hireling and cares not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and I know mine, and am known by mine, as the father knows me, and I know the father, and I lay down my life for the sheep, and other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd. For this the father loves me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I received from my father. Again there arose a division among the Jews because of these words, and many of them said, He has a demon and is mad, why do ye hear him? Others said, these are not the words of one that has a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind? And there came the feast of the dedication in Jerusalem, and it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the porch of Solomon. The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, How long dost thou hold us in doubt, if thou art the Christ, tell us plainly? I told you, and ye do not believe. The works that I do in my father's name, these bear witness of me. But ye do not believe, for ye are not of my sheep as I said to you. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. And I give to them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall anyone pluck them out of my hand. My father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to pluck them out of my father's hand. I and the father are one. The Jews therefore took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my father. For which of these works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being man, makest thyself God. Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said ye are gods, if he called them gods to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken, say ye of him whom the father sanctified and sent into the world, thou blasphemest, because I said I am the son of God. If I do not the works of my father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works, that ye may learn and know that the father is in me, and I in the father. Therefore they sought again to seize him, and he went forth out of their hand, and he went away again beyond the Jordan, to the place where John was at first immersing, and there he abode. And many came to him and said, John indeed wrought no sign, but all things that John spoke of this man were true. Many believed on him there. CHAPTER XI Now a certain one was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, from the village of Mary and Martha her sister. It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick! And Jesus hearing it said, This sickness is not for death, but for the sake of the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby. Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. When therefore he heard that he was sick, he then abode two days in the place where he was. Then after this he says to the disciples, Let us go into Judea again. The disciples say to him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee, and goest thou thither again? Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world. But if any one walk in the night he stumbles because the light is not in him. These things said he, and after this he says to them. Lazarus our friend has fallen asleep, but I go that I may awake him out of sleep. Therefore his disciples said, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will be restored. But Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he said it of taking rest in sleep. Then therefore Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead, and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there that ye may believe, but let us go to him. Therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. Having come therefore, Jesus found that he had already been four days in the tomb. Now Bethany was nigh to Jerusalem about fifteen furlongs off, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother. Therefore Martha, when she heard that Jesus is coming, went and met him, but Mary sat in the house. Then said Martha to Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But even now I know that whatever thou shalt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus says to her, Thy brother will rise again. Martha says to him, I know that he will rise again, in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He that believes on me, though he be dead, yet shall he live. And whoever lives and believes on me shall never die. Believest thou this? She says to him, Ye Lord, I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world. And having said this, she went away and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The teacher has come and calls for thee. And she, when she heard it, rises quickly and comes to him. Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him. The Jews, therefore, who were with her in the house and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goes to the tomb to weep there. Mary, therefore, when she came where Jesus was, seeing him, fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. Jesus, therefore, when he saw her weeping and the Jews weeping who came with her, groaned in spirit and was troubled. And he said, Where have ye laid him? They say to him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. The Jews, therefore, said, Behold how he loved him. And some of them said, Could not this man who opened the eyes of the blind have caused even that this man should not have died? Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself comes to the tomb. It was a cave and a stone lay upon it. Jesus says, Take away the stone. The sister of him that was dead, Martha, says to him, Lord, by this time he is offensive, for he has been dead for days. Jesus says to her, Said I not to thee that if thou believe thou shalt see the glory of God? So they took away the stone, and Jesus raised his eyes upward and said, Father, I thank thee that thou didst hear me, and I knew that thou always hearest me, but for the sake of the multitude standing around I said it that they might believe that thou didst send me. And having thus spoken he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth! And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus says to them, Loose him and let him go. Many therefore of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what he did, believed on him, but some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus did. Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered at council and said, What do we, seeing that this man works many signs? If we let him thus alone all will believe on him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation. And a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing, nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us that one man die for the people and not the whole nation perish. And this he spoke not of himself, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus should die for the nation and not for the nation only, but that also he should gather together into one the children of God that were scattered abroad. Therefore from that day forth they took council together to put him to death. Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but departed thence to the country near to the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. And the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover that they might purify themselves. They sought therefore for Jesus and said among themselves as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment that if any one knew where he was he should make it known that they might seize him. CHAPTER XII Therefore Jesus, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was who had been dead whom Jesus raised from the dead. They therefore made him a supper there, and Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those who reclined at table with him. Then Mary took a pound of ointment of pure spike-nard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair, and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. Then says one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, who was about to betray him, Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred denaries and given to the poor? Judas, he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put therein. Then said Jesus, Let her alone! She has kept it to the day of my preparation for burial, for the poor ye always have with you, but me ye have not always. A great multitude of the Jews therefore knew that he was there, and they came, not because of Jesus only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead. But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death, because by reason of him many of the Jews went away and believed on Jesus. On the morrow a great multitude that had come to the feast, hearing that Jesus is coming to Jerusalem, took branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna! Blessed is you who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel! And Jesus, having found a young ass, sat thereon, as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Zion, behold, thy King comes, sitting on an ass's cult. These things his disciples understood not at the first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they did these things to him. The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore witness. For this the multitude also met him, because they heard that he had wrought this sign. The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye that ye avail nothing? Behold, the world is gone after him! And there were certain Greeks of those who come up to worship at the feast. These came therefore to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus! Philip comes and tells Andrew, Andrew and Philip come and tell Jesus. And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified. Verily, verily I say to you, Except the grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone. But if it die, it brings forth much fruit. He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any one serve me, let him follow me, and where I am there shall also my servant be. If any one serve me, him will the Father honor. Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour! But for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name. Then there came a voice out of heaven. I both have glorified it, and will glorify it again. The multitude therefore that stood by and heard said that it thundered. Others said, An angel has spoken to him. Jesus answered and said, This voice came not for my sake, but for your sakes. Now is the judgment of this world. Now shall the prince of this world be cast out, and I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me. This he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die. The multitude answered him, We heard out of the law that the Christ abides forever, and how sayest thou, the Son of Man must be lifted up. Who is this Son of Man? Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you, and he that walks in the darkness knows not whether he goes. While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light. These things spoke Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them. But though he had wrought so many signs before them, they did not believe on him, that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke. Lord, who believed our report, and to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed? Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again, He has blinded their eyes, and has hardened their heart, that they should not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I should heal them. These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory, and spoke of him. Yet even of the rulers many believed on him. But because of the Pharisees they did not acknowledge him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue. For they loved the glory of men, more than the glory of God. And Jesus cried and said, He that believes on me, believes not on me, but on him who sent me. And he that beholds me, beholds him who sent me. I have come a light into the world, that whoever believes on me may not abide in the darkness. And if anyone hear my words, and keep them not, I do not judge him. For I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejects me, and receives not my words, has one that judges him. The word that I spoke, that shall judge him in the last day. Because I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he has given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is everlasting life. But things I speak therefore, as the Father has said to me, so I speak. CHAPTER XIII And before the feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that his hour has come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end. And supper being served, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him. Knowing that the Father has given all things into his hands, and that he came out from God and is going to God, he rises from the supper and lays aside his garments, and taking a towel, he girded himself. After that he pours water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. He comes therefore to Simon Peter, and Peter says to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter says to him, Never shalt thou wash my feet? Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. Simon Peter says to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. Jesus says to him, He that has bathed has no need safe to wash the feet, but his holy clean, and ye are clean, but not all. For he knew his betrayer, therefore he said, Ye are not all clean. When therefore he had washed their feet, he took his garments and reclining again at table, said to them, Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me the teacher and the master, and ye say well, for so I am. If I then the master and the teacher washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I gave you an example that as I did to you, ye also should do. Verily, verily I say to you, A servant is not greater than his Lord, nor one that is sent greater than he who sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. I speak not of you all, I know whom I chose, but that the scripture might be fulfilled. He that eats the loaf with me lifted up his heel against me. Even now I tell you before it comes to pass, that when it comes to pass ye may believe that I am he. Verily, verily I say to you, He that receives whomsoever I send receives me, and he that receives me receives him who sent me. Having said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified and said, Verily, verily I say to you, that one of you will betray me. The disciples therefore looked one on another, doubting of whom he spoke, and there was reclining in Jesus' bosom one of his disciples whom Jesus loved. To him, therefore, Simon Peter beckons and says to him, Say who it is of whom he speaks, and he, leaning back on Jesus' breast, says to him, Lord, who is it? Jesus answers, He it is to whom I shall give the morsel when I have dipped it. And having dipped the morsel, he gives it to Judas Iscariot, one of Simon, and after the morsel, then entered Satan into him. Jesus therefore says to him, What thou doest do quickly? And no one at the table knew for what intent he spoke this to him. For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said to him, Buy what we need for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor. He then, having received the morsel, went immediately out, and it was night. When therefore he was gone out, Jesus says, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and will straightway glorify him. Children, yet a little while I am with you, ye will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come. So now I say to you, A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another, as I loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one toward another. Simon Peter says to him, Lord, Whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now, but thou shalt follow me afterward. Peter says to him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thee. Jesus answers, Will thou lay down thy life for me? Verily verily I say to thee, A cock will not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. The end of chapters 10 through 13 of the Gospel according to John, from the American Bible Union's New Testament. Recording by Mark Penfold. Chapters 14 through 17 of the Gospel according to John, from the American Bible Union's New Testament. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by Mark Penfold. Chapters 14 through 17 of the Gospel according to John. Let not your heart be troubled. Believe on God and believe on me. In my father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you, because I go to prepare a place for you, and if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you to myself, that where I am, ye may be also, and ye know the way whither I go. Jesus says to him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how do we know the way? Jesus says to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but by me. If ye knew me, ye would know my Father also, and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip says to him, Lord, show us the Father! And it suffices us. Jesus says to him, am I so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? He that has seen me has seen the Father, and how sayest thou, show us the Father? Believe us to thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I speak not of myself, but the Father who dwells in me, he does the works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me? Or else believe for the very works' sake? Verily verily I say to you, he that believes on me, the works that I do, he shall do also, and greater than these shall he do, because I go to the Father. And whatever ye shall ask in my name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it. If ye love me, keep my commandments, and I will ask of the Father, and he will give you another comforter, that he may be with you for ever. The spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him. But ye know him, because he abides with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you bereaved. I will come to you, yet a little while, and the world sees me no more. But ye see me, because I live, ye shall live also. In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me, and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas says to him, not Iscariot. Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? Jesus answered and said to him, if anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him. He that loves me not keeps not my words, and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Fathers who sent me. These things have I spoken to you while abiding with you. But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things which I said to you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you, not as the world gives give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come to you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced that I go to the Father, because the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it comes to pass that when it is come to pass, ye may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the Prince of the world comes, and in me he has nothing, but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go hence. Chapter 15 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes it away, and every one that bears fruit he cleanses it that it may bear more fruit. Ye are already clean, through the word which I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you, as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself if it abide not in the vine. So neither can ye if ye abide not in me. I am the vine. Ye are the branches. Ye that abides in me, and I in him, the same bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing. If any one abide not in me, he is cast forth as the branch, and is withered, and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done to you. For in is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and ye shall become my disciples. As the Father loved me, I also loved you. Abide in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and your joy be made full. This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do whatever I command you. No longer do I call you servants, because the servant knows not what his Lord does. And I have called you friends, because all things that I heard from my Father I made known to you. Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you that ye may go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, that whatever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you. These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hates you, ye know that it has hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own. But because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, a servant is not greater than his Lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake, because they know not him who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin. But now they have no cloak for their sin. He that hates me, hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they would not have sin. But now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this comes to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law. They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth, which proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness of me. And he also shall bear witness, because ye are with me from the beginning. CHAPTER XVI These things I have spoken to you that ye should not be offended. They will put you out of the synagogues, yea, a time is coming that everyone who kills you will think he makes an offering to God. And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor me. But these things I have spoken to you that when the time shall come ye may remember that I told you. And these things I told you not from the beginning, because I was with you. And now I go to him who sent me, and none of you asks me whether goest thou. But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. But I tell you the truth. It is expedient for you that I depart. For if I depart not, the Comforter will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he has come, he will convict the world in respect of sin and of righteousness and of judgment, of sin in that they believe not on me, of righteousness in that I go to my Father, and ye behold me no more, of judgment in that the Prince of this world has been judged. I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now. But when he, the spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak from himself, but whatever he shall hear, that will he speak, and he will tell you the things to come. He will glorify me, because he will receive of mine, and will tell it to you. All things that the Father has are mine. For I said, that he will receive of mine, and will tell it to you. A little while, and ye behold me not. And again a little while, and ye shall see me. Therefore some of his disciples said to one another, What is this that he says to us? A little while, and ye behold me not. And again a little while, and ye shall see me, and I go to the Father. They said therefore, What is this that he says? A little while. They know not what he says. Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said to them, Do ye inquire of this with one another, that I said, A little while, and ye behold me not. And again a little while, and ye shall see me. Verily verily I say to you, That ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice, And ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail has sorrow, because her hour is come. But when she has borne the child, she remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And so ye now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, And your joy no one takes from you. And in that day ye shall ask nothing of me. Verily verily I say to you, Whatever ye shall ask of the Father, He will give it you in my name. Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye shall receive, That your joy may be made full. These things I have spoken to you in parables. A time is coming when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you plainly of the Father. In that day ye shall ask in my name. And I say not to you, That I will pray the Father for you, For the Father himself loves you, Because ye have loved me, And have believed that I came forth from God. I came forth from the Father, And have come into the world. Again I leave the world, And go to the Father. His disciples say to him, Lo, now thou speakest plainly, And speakest no parable. Now we know that thou knowest all things, And needest not that anyone should ask thee. By this we believe that thou cameest forth from God. Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, an hour is coming and has come, That ye will be scattered, each one to his own, And will leave me alone. And I am not alone, Because the Father is with me. These things I have spoken to you, That in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation, But be of good cheer. I have overcome the world. CHAPTER XVII These words spoke Jesus, And lifted up his eyes to heaven, And said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify thy son, that thy son may glorify thee, As thou gayest him authority over all flesh, But as many as thou hast given to him, To them he should give eternal life. And this is the eternal life, That they know thee the only true God, And Jesus Christ whom thou didst send. I glorified thee on the earth, I finished the work which thou hast given me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, With the glory which I had with thee before the world was. I manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou hast given them to me, And they have kept thy word. Now they know that all things whatever thou hast given me are from thee, Because the words which thou gayest me I have given to them, And they received them, and knew in truth that I came forth from thee, And believed that thou didst send me. I pray for them. I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me, Because they are thine, and all things that are mine are thine, And thine are mine, and I am glorified in them, And I am no longer in the world, and these are in the world, And I come to thee. Holy Father, keep those in thy name whom thou hast given me, That they may be one as we are, while I was with them. I kept them in thy name, those whom thou hast given me. I watched over, and none of them perished, except the Son of Perdition, That the Scripture might be fulfilled. And now I come to thee, and these things I speak in the world, That they may have my joy made full in them. I have given them thy word, and the world hated them, Because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, But that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth, thy word is truth. As thou didst send me into the world, I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also may be sanctified in the truth. And I pray not for these only, but also for those who believe on me through their word, That all may be one, as thou father in me, and I in thee, That they also may be in us, that the world may believe that thou didst send me. And the glory which thou hast given to me, I have given to them, That they may be one, as we are one. I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one, That the world may know that thou didst send me, And love itst them, as thou love itst me. Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will, that where I am, They also be with me, that they may behold my glory, Which thou hast given me, because thou love itst me, Before the foundation of the world, righteous father, And the world knew thee not, but I knew thee, That these knew that thou didst send me, And I made known to them thy name, and will make it known, That the love wherewith thou love itst me may be in them, And I in them. The end of chapters 14 through 17 from the Gospel according to John, From the American Bible Union's New Testament, Recording by Mark Penfold. Chapters 18 through 21 of the Gospel according to John, Chapter 18 Having spoken these words, Jesus went out with His disciples beyond the brook Kedron, Where was a garden into which He entered and His disciples, And Judas also, his betrothed, went out with his disciples beyond the brook Kedron, Where was a garden into which He entered and His disciples, And Judas also, his betrothed, went out with His disciples, And Judas also, his betrothed, knew the place, Because Jesus' off-times resorted thither with His disciples. Judas, therefore, having received the band and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, Comes thither with torches and lamps and weapons. Jesus, therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, Went forth and said to them, Whom do ye seek? They answered Him, Jesus the Nazarene! Jesus says to them, I am He! And Judas also, his betrothed, was standing with them. When, therefore, He said to them, I am He! They went backward and fell to the ground. Again, therefore, He asked them, Whom do ye seek? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene! Jesus answered, I told you that I am He! If, therefore, ye seek me, let these go their way, That the saying might be fulfilled, which He spoke, Of those whom thou hast given me, I lost none. Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it, And smote the servant of the high priest, And cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. Jesus, therefore, said to Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath! The cup which my father has given me, Shall I not drink it? So the band and the captain, and the officers of the Jews, Took Jesus and bound him, and led him away to Annas first, For he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, Who was high priest that year. And it was Caiaphas who counseled the Jews, That it is expedient that one man should die for the people. And Simon Peter and the other disciple followed Jesus. That disciple was known to the high priest, And went in with Jesus into the court of the high priest. But Peter was standing at the door without. Therefore the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, Went out and spoke to her that kept the door, And brought in Peter. Then the damsel that kept the door says to Peter, Aren't thou also one of this man's disciples? He says, I am not! And the servants and the officers were standing there, Having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, And were warming themselves. And Peter was standing with them and warming himself. The high priest therefore asked Jesus concerning his disciples, And concerning his teaching. Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world, I ever taught in the synagogue and in the temple, Where all the Jews assemble, and I spoke nothing in secret. Why askest thou me? Ask those who have heard what I spoke to them. Behold, these know what things I said. And when he had said this, one of the officers who was standing by Gave Jesus a blow on the face, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? Jesus answered him, If I spoke evil, bear witness of the evil. But if well, why dost thou smite me? Anas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest, And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, Aren't thou also one of his disciples? He denied and said, I am not! One of the servants of the high priest, being a kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, says, Did I not see thee in the garden with him? Again, therefore Peter denied, and immediately a cock crowed. Then they lend Jesus from Caiaphas into the governor's palace, And it was early, and they themselves went not into the palace That they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover. Pilate therefore went out to them and said, What accusation do ye bring against this man? They answered and said to him, If this man were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee. Pilate therefore said to them, Do ye take him, and judge him according to your law? The Jews therefore said to him, It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death, that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled which he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he should die. Pilate therefore entered into the palace again, and called Jesus and said to him, Art thou the king of the Jews? Jesus answered, Dost thou say this of thyself? Or did others tell thee concerning me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests delivered thee up to me. What dits thou? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight that I might not be delivered up to the Jews, but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said to him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest it, because I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end have I come into the world that I may bear witness to the truth. Everyone that is of the truth hears my voice. Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this, he went out again to the Jews and says to them, I find no fault in him, but ye have a custom that I should release to you one at the Passover. Do ye desire therefore that I release to you the king of the Jews? They all therefore cried out again saying, Not this one, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. Chapter 19 Then therefore Pilate took Jesus and scourged him, and the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and put on him a purple robe, and they came to him and said, Hail, king of the Jews! And they gave him blows on the face. Pilate went forth again and says to them, Behold, I bring him forth to you that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Jesus therefore came forth wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe, and he says to them, Behold, the man! When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out saying, Crucify him! Crucify him! Pilate says to them, Do ye take him and crucify him, for I find no fault in him? The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. When therefore Pilate heard this saying, He was the more afraid, and he went again into the palace and says to Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer, then says Pilate to him, Dost thou not speak to me? Knowest thou not that I have power to release thee, and have power to crucify thee? Jesus answered, Thou wouldst have no power against me, except it were given thee from above. Therefore he that delivers me to thee has the greater sin. Thenceforth Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not a friend of Caesar, whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar. When therefore Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus forth and sat down on the judgment seat in a place called the Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gavatha, and it was the preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour, and he says to the Jews, Behold, your king! But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him! Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. Then therefore he delivered him to them to be crucified, and they took Jesus and led him away, and bearing his cross, he went forth into the place called Place of a Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgatha, where they crucified him, and two others with him on either side, one, and Jesus in the midst. And Pilate wrote also a title and put it on the cross, and the writing was Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews. This title therefore many of the Jews read, because the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city, and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Therefore said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Right not the King of the Jews, but that he said I am King of the Jews! Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written. Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts to every soldier apart, and also his coat, and the coat was without a seam woven from the top throughout. They said therefore to one another, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be. That the scripture might be fulfilled, which says, They parted my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots. These things the soldiers did, and there were standing by the cross of Jesus, his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Plopus, and Mary the Magdalene. Jesus therefore seeing his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by says to his mother, Mother, woman, behold thy son! Then he says to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home. After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, says, I thirst! Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar, and they, having filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on a hyssop stock, bore it to his mouth. When Jesus therefore received the vinegar, he said, It is finished! And he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit. The Jews therefore, since it was the preparation, that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath, for that Sabbath day was a great day, be sought pilot that their legs might be broken, and they be taken away. The soldiers came therefore, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they broke not his legs, but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith there came out blood and water. And he that has seen has borne witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says what is true, that he also might believe. For these things came to pass that the scripture might be fulfilled. A bone of him shall not be broken. And again another scripture says, They shall look on him whom they pierced. And after this, Joseph from Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, be sought pilot that he might take away the body of Jesus, and pilot gave him leave. He came therefore, and took away the body of Jesus, and there came also Nicodemus, who at the first came to Jesus by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight. They took therefore the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial. And in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new sepulchre wherein no one was yet laid. There they laid Jesus therefore on account of the preparation of the Jews, because the sepulchre was nigh at hand. And on the first day of the week, Mary the Magdalene comes early while it is yet dark to the sepulchre, and sees the stone taken away out of the sepulchre. She runs therefore, and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and says to them, They took away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they laid him. Peter therefore went forth, and the other disciple, and they went to the sepulchre. And the two ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. And stooping down he sees the linen cloths lying, yet he went not in. Then comes Simon Peter following him, and he went into the sepulchre, and sees the linen cloths lying, and the napkin that was about his head not lying with the linen cloths, but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then therefore the other disciple who came first to the sepulchre went in also, and he saw, and believed. For not even yet did they know the scripture that he must rise from the dead. The disciples therefore went away again to their own home, and Mary was standing by the sepulchre without, weeping. So as she wept, she stooped down into the sepulchre, and beholds two angels in white, sitting the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus lay. And they say to her, Woman, why weepest thou? She says to them, Because they took away my Lord, and I know not where they laid him. Having said this, she turned back, and beholds Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus says to her, Woman, why weepest thou? Whom dost thou seek? She, supposing that it was the gardener, says to him, Sir, if thou didst bear him hence, tell me where thou ladest him, and I will take him away. Jesus says to her, Mary, turning, she says to him in Hebrew, Raponi, which is to say, Teacher. Jesus says to her, Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father, but go to my brethren and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God. Mary the Magdalene comes bringing word to the disciples that she has seen the Lord, and that he spoke these things to her. When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, the doors having been shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and he says to them, Peace be to you. And having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced therefore when they saw the Lord. Jesus therefore said to them again, Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you. And having said this, he breathed on them and says to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. Whosoever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them. And whosoever ye retain, they are retained. But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord! But he said to them, Except I see in his hands the print of the nails, and thrust my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus comes, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be to you. After that he says to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and see my hands, and reach thy hand, and thrust it into my side, and be not faithless, but be leaving. Thomas answered and said to him, My Lord, and my God! Jesus says to him, Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed, Happy they who saw not, and have believed. Many other signs also did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name. Chapter XXI After these things Jesus manifested himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberius, and he manifested himself in this manner. There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathaniel from Cana of Galilee, and the Sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples. Then Peter says to them, I go a-fishing, they say to him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into the ship, and in that night they caught nothing. But when morning was now come, Jesus stood on the beach, yet the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus therefore says to them, Children, have ye anything to eat? They answered him, Now. And he said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast it therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of the fishes. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved says to Peter, It is the Lord. Simon Peter therefore, hearing that it is the Lord, girded on his outer garment, for he was naked, and cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in the boat, for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits off, dragging the net with the fishes. When therefore they went out upon the land, they saw a fire of coals there, and a fish lying thereon, and bread. Jesus says to them, Bring of the fishes which ye just now caught. Simon Peter went on board, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and three, and though there were so many, the net was not broken. Jesus says to them, Come hither, and break your fast. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou, knowing that it is the Lord? Jesus comes, and takes the bread, and gives to them, and the fish likewise. This the third time already Jesus manifested himself to his disciples, after he was risen from the dead. When therefore they had broken their fast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, Son of Jonah, Love us thou me more than these. He says to them, Ye Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs. He says to him again a second time. Simon, Son of Jonah, Love us thou me. He says to him, Ye Lord, thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him, Tend my sheep. He says to him the third time. Simon, Son of Jonah, Love us thou me. Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Love us thou me. And he said to him, Lord, thou knowest all things, thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say to thee, when thou wasst young, thou didst gird thyself, and walk wither thou woodest. But when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and lead thee wither thou woodst not. And this he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he should glorify God. And having spoken this, he says to him, Follow me. Peter, turning about, sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also at the supper leaned back on his breast and said, Lord, who is he that betrays thee? Peter seeing him says to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus says to him, If I will that he remain till I come, what is it to thee? Do thou follow me? This saying therefore went abroad among the brethren that that disciple should not die, and Jesus said not to him that he should not die, but if I will that he tarry till I come, what is it to thee? This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true. And there are also many other things which Jesus did, and if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that should be written. Amen. The end of chapters 18 through 21. And the end of the Gospel according to John from the American Bible Union's New Testament. Recording by Mark Penfold. Chapter 1 through 5 of the Book of the Acts of the Apostles from the American Bible Union's New Testament. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Recording by Mark Penfold. Chapters 1 through 5 of the Book of the Acts of the Apostles. Chapter 1 The former narration I made, O Theophilus, concerning all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach, until the day he was taken up, after he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he chose, to whom also he showed himself living, after he had suffered by many infallible proofs, during forty days appearing to them, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God. And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father which ye heard from me, for John indeed immersed in water, but ye shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit not many days hence. They therefore, having come together, asked him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said to them, it is not yours to know times or seasons which the Father appointed by his own authority, but ye shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and unto the utmost part of the earth. And having spoken these things, while they beheld he was born up, and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they were looking intently into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, Man of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? This Jesus who was taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye saw him going into heaven. Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey. And when they came in they went up into the upper room where were abiding both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the Son of Alpheus, and Simon Zolotes, and Judas the Brother of James. These all continued with one accord in prayer, with women, and Mary the Mother of Jesus and his brothers. And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said, the number of names together was about a hundred and twenty, Man, brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke before concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus, because he was numbered with us, and obtained the office of this ministry. Now this man purchased a field with the wages of iniquity, and falling headlong he burst a sunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. And it became known to all who dwell at Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their own tongue a Keldama, that is, field of blood. For it is written in the book of Psalms, let his habitation be made desolate, and let no one dwell therein, and let another take his office. Therefore of these men who accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from John's immersion unto the day when he was taken up from us, must one be made a witness with us of his resurrection. And they appointed two, Joseph called Bar Sabaus, who was surnamed Justice, and Matthias, and they prayed, saying, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, show which of these two thou didst choose, that he may take part in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas, by transgression, fell away, that he might go to his own place. And they gave their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place, and suddenly there came a sound out of heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting, and there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributed among them, and it sat upon each of them, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance. Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation under heaven, and this being noise to broad, the multitude came together and were confounded because every man heard them speak in his own language, and all were amazed and wondered, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these who speak Galileans? And how do we hear every man in our own tongue wherein we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God, and all were amazed and grinned out, saying one to another, What may this mean? But others mocking said, They are filled with sweet wine. But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice and said to them, Man of Judea and all that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you and hearken to my words, for these are not drunken as ye suppose, for it is the third hour of the day, but this is what was spoken through the prophet Joel, and it shall be in the last days, saith God, that I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams, and even on my servants and on my handmaids I will pour out of my spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy, and I will show wonders in heaven above and signs in the earth beneath, blood and fire and vapor of smoke, the sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord shall come, and it shall be that everyone who shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Men of Israel hear these words, Jesus the Nazarene, a man accredited to you from God by miracles and wonders and signs, which God wrought by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves know. This man, delivered up according to the established counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye slew, crucifying him by the hand of lawless ones, whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it. For David says concerning him, I saw the Lord always before me, because he is on my right hand that I should not be moved. For this my heart rejoiced and my tongue exalted. Moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope, because thou wilt not abandon my soul to the underworld, nor wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption. Thou didst make known to me the ways of life, thou wilt make me full of joy with thy presence. Men, brethren, I may speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his sepulchre is among us unto this day. Being a prophet, therefore, and knowing that God swore to him with an oath that of the fruit of his loins one should sit on his throne, he, foreseeing, spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul abandoned to the underworld, nor did his flesh see corruption. This Jesus God raised up, whereof we are all witnesses. Being therefore exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured forth this, which he now see and hear. For David did not ascend into heaven, but he says himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I make thy foes thy footstool. Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God made him this Jesus whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ. And hearing this they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, Men, brethren, what shall we do? And Peter said to them, Repent, and be each of you immersed upon the name of Jesus Christ unto remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, for the promise is to you and to your children and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall have called. And with many other words did he bear witness and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation. They therefore, having received his word, were immersed, and on that day there were added about three thousand souls, and they were constantly attending on the teaching of the apostles, and the distribution, and the breaking of bread and prayers. And fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were wrought through the apostles. And all that believed were together and had all things common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as any one had need. And daily attending with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of food with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily, those who are saved. CHAPTER III And Peter and John were going up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. And a certain man, lame from his mother's womb, was carried along, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, the one called beautiful, to ask alms of those entering into the temple. Who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked alms. And Peter, looking intently upon him, with John, said, Look upon us! And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something from them. And Peter said, Silver and gold have I none, but what I have that I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, rise up and walk! And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up. And immediately his feet and ankles received strength, and leaping forth he stood and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking and leaping and praising God. And all the people saw him walking and praising God, and they recognized him, that this was he who sat for alms at the beautiful gate of the temple. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him. And as he held fast to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. And Peter, seeing it, answered to the people, Man of Israel, why wonder ye of this? Or why look ye so intently on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man to walk? The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate when he decided to release him. But ye denied the holy ingest, and demanded that a murderer should be granted to you. But the author of life ye killed, whom God raised from the dead, whereof we are witnesses. And his name upon the faith in his name made this man strong, whom ye see and know. And the faith which is through him gave him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. And now, brethren, I know that ye acted in ignorance as also your rulers. But thus God fulfilled what he before announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Christ should suffer. Repent, therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out in order that the times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send forth Jesus Christ before appointed for you, whom the heavens indeed must receive until the times of the Restoration of all things, which God spoke of by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning. Moses said, A prophet will the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me. Him shall ye hear in all things whatever he shall say to you. And it shall be that every soul that will not hear that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people. And also all the prophets from Samuel, both he and they who followed, as many as spoke, also foretold these days. Ye are sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed. Unto you first, God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to bless you in turning away every one of you from your iniquities. Chapter 4 And while they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, being indignant because they taught the people and announced in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them and put them in prison unto the morrow for it was now evening. But many of those who heard the word believed and the number of the men became about five thousand. And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes and Annas the High Priest and K. I. F. S. and John and Alexander and as many as were of the kindred of the High Priest were gathered together unto Jerusalem and having set them in the midst they asked, By what power or by what name did ye do this? Then Peter filled with the Holy Spirit said to them, Rulers of the people and elders of Israel, if we are this day examined in respect to a good deed done to an impotent man by what means this person has been made whole be it known to you all and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom ye crucified whom God raised from the dead by him does this man stand here before you whole he is the stone that was set at not by you the builders which has become the head of the corner and there is salvation in no other for neither is there any other name under heaven that is given among men in which we must be saved and seeing the boldness of Peter and John and perceiving that they were unlearned and obscure men they wondered and they recognized them that they were with Jesus and beholding the man who had been healed standing with them they had nothing to say against it but having commanded them to go aside out of the council they conferred among themselves saying what shall we do to these men for that a notorious miracle has been done by them is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem and we are not able to deny it but that it spread no further among the people let us strictly threaten them that they speak henceforth to no man in this name and having called them they commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus but Peter and John answering said to them whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God judgey for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard and they having further threatened them let them go finding no way to punish them on account of the people because all glorified God for that which was done for the man was above 40 years old on whom this sign of the healing had been wrought and being dismissed they went to their own company and reported all that the chief priests and elders said to them and they hearing it lifted up their voice to God with one accord and said lord thou art he who made heaven and earth and the sea and all things in them who by the mouth of thy servant david said why did the heathen rage and the people's imagined vain things the kings of the earth stood near and the rulers assembled together against the Lord and against his Christ for in truth they're assembled in this city against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou didst anoint both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel to do whatever thy hand and my counsel before determined to be done and now Lord behold their threatenings and grant to thy servants that with all boldness they may speak thy word by stretching forth thy hand for healing and that signs and wonders may be wrought through the name of thy holy servant Jesus and when they had prayed the place was shaken where they were assembled and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and they spoke the word of God with boldness and the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and of one soul and not one said that ought of the things which he possessed was his own but they had all things coming and with great power the apostles gave the testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus and great grace was upon them all for there was no one among them that lacked for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them and brought the prices of the things sold and laid them at the feet of the apostles and distribution was made to each one according as he had need and Joseph who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas which is interpreted son of consolation a Levite born in Cyprus having land sold it and brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles chapter five but a certain man named Ananias with Sapphira his wife sold a possession and kept back part of the price his wife also being aware of it and brought a certain part and laid it at the feet of the apostles but Peter said Ananias why did Satan fill thy heart that thou should it's lie to the holy spirit and keep back part of the price of the land while it remained was it not by known and after it was sold was it not in thine own power why did it's thou conceive this thing in thy heart thou did'st not lie to men but to God and Ananias hearing these words fell down and expired and great fear came on all that heard these things and the young men arose wrapped him up and carried him out and buried and it was about the space of three hours after when his wife not knowing what was done came in and Peter answered her tell me whether ye sold the land for so much and she said yes for so much and Peter said to her why is it that he agreed together to tempt the spirit of the Lord behold the feet of those who buried thy husband are at the door and shall carry thee out and immediately she fell at his feet and expired and coming in the young man found her dead and carried her forth and buried her by her husband and great fear came upon all the church and upon all that heard these things and by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch but of the rest no one dared to join himself to them but the people honored them and still more were believers added to the Lord multitudes both of men and women so that along the streets they brought forth the sick and laid them on beds and pallets that as Peter was passing the shadow at least might overshadow some one of them and the multitude also of the cities around came together to Jerusalem bringing sick persons and those who were vexed by unclean spirits and they were all healed but the high priest rose up and all that were with him which is the sect of the Sadducees and were filled with indignation and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison but an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors and having brought them forth he said go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life and hearing it they went into the temple at early dawn and taught and the high priest came and they that were with him and called the council together and all the eldership of the children of Israel and sent to the prison to have them brought but the officers when they came found them not in the prison and returning they reported saying the prison indeed we found shut with all security and the keeper standing without before the doors but when we opened them we found no one within and when the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things they were at a loss concerning them to what this might grow but one came and told them saying behold the men whom he put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people then went the captain with the officers and brought them not with violence for they feared the people that they might not be stoned and having brought them they set them before the council and the high priest asked them saying did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name and behold you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man's blood upon us and Peter answering and the apostles said we ought to obey God rather than men the God of our fathers raised up Jesus whom he slew hanging him on a tree him as a prince and a savior did God exalt to his right hand to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins and we are his witnesses of these things and the Holy Spirit also which God gave to those who obey him and they hearing it were convulsed with rage and took council to slay them but there stood up one in the council a Pharisee named Gamaliel a teacher of the law honored by all the people and commanded to put the men forth a little while and said to them man of Israel take heed to yourselves what you are about to do in respect to these men for before these days arose Theodos boasting himself to be somebody to whom a number of men about 400 joined themselves who was slain and all as many as obeyed him were scattered and brought to not after this man arose Judas the Galilean in the days of the registering and drew away much people after him he also perished and all as many as obeyed him were dispersed and now I say to you reframe from these men and let them alone for if this council or this work be of men it will come to not but if it is of God ye cannot overthrow them lest happily ye be found also fighting against God and to him they assented and having called the apostles they scourged them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus and let them go they therefore went rejoicing from the presence of the council because for that name they were counted worthy to suffer shame and every day in the temple and from house to house they ceased not to teach and to publish the glad tidings of Jesus the Christ the end of chapters one through five of the book of the acts of the apostles from the american bible unions new testament recording by mark penfold chapters six through ten of the book of the acts of the apostles from the american bible unions new testament this libra vox recording is in the public domain recording by mark penfold chapters six through ten of the book of the acts of the apostles chapter six and in those days when the number of the disciples was multiplied there arose a murmuring of the grecian jews against the hebrus because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration and the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them and said it is not proper that we should leave the word of god and serve tables therefore brethren look ye out among you seven men of good repute full of the holy spirit and of wisdom whom we will appoint over this business but we will give ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word and the saying pleased the whole multitude and they chose steven a man full of faith and of the holy spirit and philip and procurus and nicanor and tymon and parminus and nicolus a proselyte of antioch whom they set before the apostles and having prayed they laid their hands on them and the word of god increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in jerusalem greatly and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith and steven full of grace and of power did great wonders and signs among the people and there arose certain ones of the synagogue so-called of the freedmen and syrenians and alexandrians and of those from salicia and asia disputing with steven and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke then they suborned men who said we have heard him speak blasphemous words against moses and against god and they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes and coming upon him they seized him and brought him to the council and set up false witnesses who said this man ceases not to speak words against this holy place and the law for we have heard him say that this jesus the nazarene will destroy this place and will change the customs which moses delivered to us and all that sat in the council looking intently upon him saw his face as the face of an angel chapter seven and the high priest said are then these things so and he said brethren and fathers harken the god of glory appeared to our father abraham when he was in mesopotamia before he dwelt and haran and said to him go forth from thy country and from thy kindred and come into the land which i shall show thee then he went forth from the land of the caldeans and dwelt and haran and from thence after his father was dead he caused him to remove into this land wherein ye now dwell and he gave him no inheritance in it not even a foot breath and he promised to give it to him for a possession and to his seat after him when he had no child and god spoke after this manner that his seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land and they will bring them into bondage and afflict them four hundred years and the nation to whom they shall be in bondage i will judge said god and after that they shall come forth and shall serve me in this place and he gave him the covenant of circumcision and thus he begot isaac and circumcised him the eighth day and isaac jacob and jacob the twelve patriarchs and the patriarchs moved with envy sold joseph into egypt and god was with him and delivered him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor in wisdom in the sight of pharaoh king of egypt and he made him governor over egypt and all his house and there came a famine over all the land of egypt in canaan and a great affliction and our fathers found no sustenance but jacob hearing that there was grain in egypt first sent out our fathers and at the second time joseph was recognized by his brothers and the race of joseph was made known to pharaoh then joseph sent and called for jacob his father and all his kindred three score and fifteen souls and jacob went down into egypt and died he and our fathers and were removed to shakam and laid in the tomb that abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of hamore the father of shakam but as the time of the promise drew near which god declared to abraham the people grew and multiplied in egypt until another king arose who knew not joseph he dealing subtly with our race afflicted our fathers so that they should cast out their infants that they might not be preserved alive in which time moses was born and was exceeding fair who was nourished three months in his father's house and when he was cast out pharaoh's daughter took him up and nourished him for herself as a son and moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the egyptians and was mighty in words and in deeds and when he was 40 years old it came into his heart to visit his brethren the sons of israel and seeing one of them suffer wrong he defended him and avenged the one oppressed by smiting the egyptian for he supposed his brethren would understand that god by his hand would deliver them but they understood not and on the following day he showed himself to them as they were contending and urged them to peace saying ye are brethren why wrong ye one another but he who was wronging his neighbor thrust him away saying who made the ruler and a judge over us will thou kill me as thou didst kill the egyptian yesterday and moses fled at this saying and became a sojourner in the land of midian where he begot two sons and when 40 years were completed there appeared to him in the wilderness of the mount sinai an angel in a flame of fire in a bush and moses seeing it wondered at the site and as he drew near to behold it the voice of the lord came to him saying i am the god of thy fathers the god of abraham and the god of isek and the god of jacob and moses trembled and durst not behold and the lord said to him loose the sandals from thy feet for the place where thou standest is holy ground truly i saw the affliction of my people in egypt and i heard their groaning and came down to deliver them and now come i will send thee into egypt this moses whom they denied saying who made thee a ruler and a judge him did god send as a ruler and a redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush he brought them out working wonders and signs in the land of egypt and in the red sea and in the wilderness 40 years this is the moses who said to the children of israel a prophet will god raise up to you of your brethren like unto this is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him in the mount sinai and with our fathers who received the living oracles to give to us to whom our fathers would not be obedient but thrust him from them and in their hearts turned back again into egypt saying to erin make us gods who shall go before us for as for this moses who brought us out of the land of egypt we know not what has become of him and they made a calf in those days and offered sacrifice to the idol and rejoiced in the works of their own hands and god turned away and gave them up to worship the host of heaven as it is written in the book of the prophets did ye offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices 40 years in the wilderness oh house of israel and he took up the tabernacle of molach and the star of the god remfan the figures which he made to worship them and i will carry you away beyond babalon our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness as he who spoke to moses commanded that he should make it according to the pattern that he had seen which also our fathers received and brought in with joshua into the possession of the heathen whom god drove out before our fathers unto the days of david who found favor before god and asked that he might find a habitation for the god of jacob but solemn built a house for him yet the most high dwells not in temples made with hands as says the prophet heaven is my throne and the earth is my footstool what house will ye build for me saith the lord or what is my place of rest did not my hand make all these things stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears ye always resist the holy spirit as your fathers did so do ye which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute and they slew those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the just one of whom ye have now become the betrayers and murderers who received the law as the ordinances of angels and kept it not hearing these things they were enraged in their hearts and gnashed their teeth against him but being full of the holy spirit he looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of god and jesus standing on the right hand of god and said behold i see the heavens opened and the son of man standing on the right hand of god and crying out with a loud voice they stopped their ears and rushed upon him with one accord and having cast him out of the city they stoned him and the witnesses laid off their garments at the feet of a young man named saul and stoned steven calling and saying lord jesus receive my spirit and kneeling down he cried with a loud voice lord lay not this sin to their charge and saying this he fell asleep chapter eight and saul was consenting to his death and on that day there arose a great persecution against the church which was at jerusalem and all were scattered abroad throughout the regions of judia and samaria except the apostles and devout men carried steven to his burial and made great lamentation over him but saul laid waste the church entering house after house and dragging both men and women committed them to prison they therefore that were scattered went abroad preaching the word and philip went down to the city of samaria and preached to them the christ and the multitudes with one accord gave heed to the things said by philip when they heard and saw the signs which he wrought for out of many who had unclean spirits they went forth crying with loud voice and many that were palsied and that were lame were healed and there was great joy in that city but a certain man named simon was in the city before using sorcery and bewitching the people of samaria saying that he was some great one to whom all gave heed from the least to the greatest saying this man is the great power of god and to him they gave heed because for a long time they were bewitched by his sorceries but when they believed philip publishing the good news concerning the kingdom of god and the name of jesus christ they were immersed both men and women and simon also himself believed and having been immersed he continued with philip and wondered beholding the miracles and signs which were wrought and the apostles in jerusalem hearing that samaria has received the word of god sent to them peter and john who having come down prayed for them that they might receive the holy spirit for he had not yet fallen upon any of them but they had only been immersed in the name of the lord jesus then they laid their hands on them and they received the holy spirit and simon seeing that through the laying on of the apostles hands the holy spirit was given offered them money saying give me also this power that on whosoever i lay hands he may receive the holy spirit but peter said to him thy money perish with thee because thou didst think to obtain the gift of god with money thou hast no part nor lot in this matter for thy heart is not right in the sight of god repent therefore of this thy wickedness and pray the lord if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee for i perceive that thou aren't in the gall of bitterness and the bond of iniquity and simon answering said pray ye to the lord for me that none of the things which he have spoken come upon me they therefore having testified and spoken the word of the lord were returning to jerusalem and publishing the good news to many villages of the samaritans but an angel of the lord spoke to philip saying arise and go down to the south to the way that goes down from jerusalem to gaza this is desert and he arose and went and behold a man of ethopia a eunuch an officer of state of candidacy queen of the ethopians who was over all her treasure and had come to jerusalem to worship was returning and sitting in his chariot and he was reading the prophet isaia and the spirit said to philip go near and join thyself to this chariot and philip ran thither and heard him reading isaia the prophet and he said understand us thou then what thou art reading and he said how could i accept someone should guide me and he entreated philip to come up and sit with him and the contents of the scripture which he was reading was this he was led as a sheep to the slaughter and as a lamb dumb before his shira so he opens not his mouth in his humiliation his judgment was taken away and his generation who shall fully declare for his life is taken away from the earth and the eunuch answering said to philip i pray thee of whom does the prophet speak this of himself or of some other man and philip opened his mouth and beginning from this scripture made known to him the good news of jesus and as they went along the way they came to a certain water and the eunuch said see here is water what hinders that i should be immersed and philip said if thou believest with all thy heart thou mayest and answering he said i believe that jesus christ is the son of god and he commanded that the chariot should stop and they went down both into the water both philip and the eunuch and he immersed him and when they came up out of the water the spirit of the lord caught away philip and the eunuch saw him no more for he went on his way rejoicing but philip was found at azotus and passing through he published the good news to all the cities till he came to cesarea chapter nine but sol yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the lord went to the high priest and asked of him letters to damascus to the synagogues that if he found any of this way whether they were men or women he might bring them bound to jerusalem and as he journeyed he came near damascus and suddenly there flashed around him a light from heaven and he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying to him sol sol why persecutus found me and he said who art thou lord and the lord said i am jesus whom thou persecutist but arise and go into the city and it shall be told me what thou must do and the men who journeyed with him were standing speechless hearing the voice but seeing no one and sol arose from the earth and his eyes being opened he saw nothing and leading him by the hand they brought him into damascus and he was three days without sight and neither ate nor drank and there was a certain disciple at damascus named ananias and to him the lord said in a vision ananias and he said behold i am here lord and the lord said to him arise and go into the street which is called straight and inquire in the house of judas for one called sol of tarsus for behold he prays and in a vision he saw a man named ananias coming in and putting his hand on him that he might receive sight and ananias answered lord i have heard from many concerning this man how great evils he did to thy saints at jerusalem and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name but the lord said to him go for he is to me a chosen vessel to bear my name before Gentiles and kings and the sons of israel for i will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake and ananias went and entered into the house and putting his hands on him he said brother sol the lord has sent me jesus who appeared to thee in the way thou came us that thou mayest receive sight and be filled with the holy spirit and immediately there fell off from his eyes as it were scales and he received sight and arose and was immersed and having taken food he was strengthened and sol was certain days with the disciples at Damascus and straightway he preached jesus in the synagogues that he is the son of god and all that heard him were amazed and said is not this he who destroyed in jerusalem those who call on his name and he came hither for this purpose that he might bring them bound to the chief priests but sol was more strengthened and confounded the jews who dwelt at Damascus proving that this is the christ and when many days were completed the jews took counsel to kill him but their lying in wait became known to sol and they were watching the gates day and night to kill him but the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall lowering him in a basket and sol having come to jerusalem attempted to join himself to the disciples and all were afraid of him not believing that he was a disciple but barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and related fully to them how he saw the lord in the way and that he spoke to him and how he preached boldly at Damascus in the name of jesus and he was with them going in and out at jerusalem and speaking boldly in the name of the lord jesus and was speaking and disputing against the greece and jews but they were attempting to slay him and the brethren learning it brought him down to cesarea and sent him forth to tarsus the church therefore throughout all judia and galilee and samaria had peace being built up and walking in the fear of the lord and in the consolation of the holy spirit was multiplied and it came to pass that peter going through them all came down also to the saints who dwelt at lyda and there he found a certain man named aneus who had lain upon a palette eight years who was palsied and peter said to him an aneus jesus the christ makes thee whole arise and make thy bed and immediately he arose and all that dwelt at lyda and saran saw him and they turned to the lord and there was at japa a certain disciple named tabitha which interpreted is called dorkas this woman was full of good works and of alms which she did and it came to pass in those days that she was sick and died and having washed her they laid her in an upper chamber and as lyda was near to japa the disciples having heard that peter was there sent to him two men in treating that he would not delay to come to them and peter arose and went with them when he was come they brought him into the upper chamber and all the widows stood by him weeping and showing coats and garments which dorkas made while she was with them but peter put them all forth and kneeled down and prayed and turning to the body he said tabitha arise and she opened her eyes and seeing peter she sat up and he gave her his hand and raised her up and calling the saints and widows he presented her alive and it became known throughout all japa and many believed on the lord and it came to pass that he remained many days in japa with one simon a tenor chapter 10 there was a certain man in cesarean named cornelius a centurion of the band called the italian band devout and one that feared god with all his house giving many alms to the people and praying to god always he saw in a vision distinctly about the ninth hour of the day an angel of god coming into him and saying to him cornelius and fixing his eyes on him he was afraid and said what is it lord and he said to him thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before god and now send men to japa and call for simon who is surnamed peter he lodges with one simon a tenor whose house is by the seaside and when the angel who spoke to cornelius was gone he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him and having told them all these things he sent them to japa on the morrow as they were journeying and drawing near to the city peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour and he became very hungry and desired to eat while they now were making ready there fell upon him a trance and he beholds heaven opened and a certain vessel descending upon him as a great sheet bound by four corners and let down upon the earth wherein were all the four footed beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the air and there came a voice to him arise peter slay and eat but peter said not so lord for i never ate anything common or unclean and a voice came to him again the second time what god cleansed call not thou common this was done thrice and the vessel was taken up again into heaven and while peter was doubting in himself what the vision might be which he saw behold the men who were sent from cornelius having made inquiry for simons house came and stood before the gate and calling they asked whether simon who is surnamed peter lodges there while peter was earnestly considering the vision the spirit said to him behold men are seeking thee but arise and go down and go with them making no screwball because i have sent them peter went down to the men and said behold i am he whom ye seek what is the cause for which ye are here and they said cornelius a centurion a just man and one that fears god and of good report among all the nation of the jews was warned from god by a holy angel to send for thee to his house and to hear words from thee he called them in therefore and lodged them and on the morrow peter went forth with them and certain brethren from japa went with him and on the morrow after they entered into cesarea and cornelius was expecting them having called together his kinsmen and near friends and as peter was coming in cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and did reverence to him but peter raised him saying stand up i myself also am a man and while talking with him he went in and found many that were come together and he said to them ye know that it is unlawful for a jew to keep company with or come to one of another nation but god showed me that i should not call any man common or unclean wherefore i also came without delay when sent for i asked therefore for what reason did he send for me and cornelius said four days ago i was fasting unto this hour and at the ninth hour was praying in my house and behold a man stood before me in bright clothing and said cornelius thy prayer was heard and thine alms were remembered before god send therefore to japa and call for simon who is surnamed peter he lodges in the house of simon at tanner by the seaside who when he comes will speak to thee immediately therefore i sent to thee and thou didst well in coming hither now therefore we are all present before god to hear all things that are commanded thee from the lord and peter opened his mouth and said of a truth i perceive that god is not a respecter of persons but in every nation he that fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him the word which he sent to the sons of israel publishing glad tidings of peace through jesus christ he is lord of all you know the thing which was done throughout all judia beginning from galilee after the immersion which john preached jesus of nazareth how god anointed him with the holy spirit and with power who went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed by the devil because god was with him and we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the jews and in jerusalem whom they slew hanging him on a tree him god raised on the third day and showed him openly not to all the people but to witnesses before appointed by god to us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead and he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that it is he who has been appointed by god to be judge of the living and dead to him all the prophets bear witness that through his name everyone who believes on him shall receive remission of sins while peter was yet speaking these words the holy spirit fell on all who heard the word and those of the circumcision who believed as many as came with peter were astonished that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the holy spirit for they heard them speaking with tongues and magnifying god then answered peter can anyone forbid the water that these should not be immersed who received the holy spirit even as we also and he commanded that they should be immersed in the name of the lord then they entreated him to remain certain days the end of chapters six through ten of the book of the acts of the apostles from the american bible union's new testament recording by mark penfold