Donderdag 11 Julie 2024.

PÊREL VIR ELKE DAG:

(Handelinge 23:31-35)

“ONS VERSOEK U OM MET U WELWILLENDHEID NA ONS TE LUISTER:”

31. Die soldate het hulle opdrag uitgevoer en Paulus dwarsdeur die nag begelei tot in Antipatris.

32. Die volgende dag het hulle die ruitery met Paulus verder laat gaan, en self teruggekeer kaserne toe.

33. Die ruitery het in Sesarea aangekom, die brief aan die goewerneur afgelewer en Paulus aan hom oorhandig.

34. Hy het die brief gelees en vir Paulus gevra van watter provinsie hy afkomstig is. Toe hy hoor dat Paulus van Silisië af kom,

35. het hy gesê: ‘Ek sal jou verhoor sodra jou aanklaers kom.’ Daarna het hy beveel dat Paulus in die paleis van Herodes bewaak moes word.

(Handelinge 24:1-3)

1. Vyf dae later het die hoëpriester Ananias, saam met ‘n paar van die familiehoofde, en ‘n advokaat, Tertullus, het met die aanklag voor Feliks begin: ‘U edele, onder u lewe ons in rus en vrede. En deur u beleid het daar verbeteringe vir hierdie volk ingetree.

2. ‘Dit erken ons altyd en oral met diep dankbaarheid.

3. ‘Ek wil u nie onnodig vermoei nie. Ek versoek u om met u kenmerkende welwillendheid,

4. ‘na ‘n kort uiteensetting van ons saak te luister.’

PEARL FOR EACH DAY:

Thursday 11 July 2024.

(Acts 23:31-35)

“I BEG YOU IN YOUR KINDNESS TO HEAR US BRIEFLY:”

31. So the soldiers, according to their instructions, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

32. And on the next day they returned to the barracks, letting the horsemen go on with him.

33. When they had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul also before him.

34. In reading the letter, he asked what province Paul was from. And when he learned that Paul was from Cilicia,

35. he said: ‘I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive. And he commanded Paul to be guarded in Herod’s praetorium.

(Acts 24:1-3)

1. After five days the high priest Ananius came down with some elders and a spokesman, one Tertullus. They laid before the governor their case against Paul.

2. And when he had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse Paul, saying: ‘Since through you we enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight, most excellent Felix, reforms are being made for the nation.

3. ‘In every way and everywhere we accept this with all gratitude.

4. ‘But to detain you no further, I beg you in your kindness to hear us briefly.’

(Ek vertrou die Heilige Gees van God om my van die korrekte Skriflesing gedeelte te voorsien elke dag, volgens u behoeftes en verwagtinge. Aan Hom kom toe alle eer, heerlikheid, krag, mag, majesteit, lofprysing, aanbidding, en danksegging, van nou af tot in ewigheid. 

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I am trusting the Holy Spirit of God to reveal the correct portion of Scripture to me every day, according to your needs and expectations. 

To Him be all glory, honour, power, might, majesty, praise, worship and thanksgiving, from now and forever more.)

Woensdag 10 Julie 2024.

PÊREL VIR ELKE DAG:

(Handelinge 23:20-29)

HY HET NIKS GEDOEN WAT DIE DOOD OF TRONKSTRAF VERDIEN NIE:

20. Die seun antwoord die kommandant toe: ‘Die Jode het saamgesweer om u te vra om Paulus môre weer voor die Raad te bring, sogenaamd om sy saak noukeuriger te ondersoek.

21. ‘U moet hulle tog nie glo nie, want meer as veertig manne wil hom voorlê. Hulle het gesweer dat hulle nie sal eet of drink voordat hulle hom doodgemaak het nie. Hulle sit klaar, en hulle wag nou net dat u hulle versoek moet toestaan.’

22. Die kommandant sê toe vir hom: “Moet vir niemand sê dat jy dit vir my vertel het nie.” En hy het hom toe laat gaan.

23. Die kommandant het toe twee kapteins geroep en hulle beveel: “Maak twee honderd soldate, sewentig perd-ruiters en twee honderd spiesvegters gereed, om teen nege-uur vanaand na Sesarea toe te vertrek.

24. Sorg ook dat daar rydiere is, sodat Paulus veilig na Feliks die goewerneur oorgebring kan word.”

25. Toe skryf hy ‘n brief met die volgende inhoud:

26. “Van Claudius Lisias, aan die hooggeagte goewerneur Feliks. Groete.

27. “Die Jode het hierdie man gevang en hulle het op die punt gestaan om hom dood te maak, toe ek en my soldate ingegryp en hom gered het, omdat ek te wete gekom het dat hy ‘n Romeinse burger is.

28. “Omdat ek wou uitvind wat hulle beskuldiging teen hom is, het ek hom voor hulle Raad gebring.

29. “Dit blyk dat hulle hom aankla oor twispunte in verband met hulle Wet, maar dat hy niks gedoen het wat die dood of tronkstraf verdien nie.”

PEARL FOR EACH DAY:

Wednesday 10 July 2024.

(Acts 23:20-29)

HE WAS CHARGED WITH NOTHING DESERVING DEATH OR IMPRISONMENT:

20. And the boy said: ‘The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more closely about him.

21. ‘But ďo not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat or drink till they have killed him.’

22. So the commandant dismissed the young man, charging him: “Tell no one that you have informed me of these things.”

23. Then he called two of the centurions and said: “Get ready two hundred soldiers, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, to go as far as Caesarea, at the third hour of the night. (Nine o’clock).

24. “Also provide mounts for Paul to ride, and bring him safely to Felix, the governor.

25. And he wrote a letter to this effect:

26. “Claudius Lysias, to his excellency, the governor Felix, greetings.

27. “This man was seized by the Jews and was about to be killed by them, when I came upon them with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman citizen.

28. “And desiring to know the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their council.

29. “I found that he was being accused about questions of their Law, but charged with nothing deserving death or imprisonment.”

(Ek vertrou die Heilige Gees van God om my van die korrekte Skriflesing gedeelte te voorsien elke dag, volgens u behoeftes en verwagtinge. Aan Hom kom toe alle eer, heerlikheid, krag, mag, majesteit, lofprysing, aanbidding, en danksegging, van nou af tot in ewigheid. 

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I am trusting the Holy Spirit of God to reveal the correct portion of Scripture to me every day, according to your needs and expectations. 

To Him be all glory, honour, power, might, majesty, praise, worship and thanksgiving, from now and forever more.)

Dinsdag 9 Julie 2024.

PÊREL VIR ELKE DAG:

(Handelinge 23:10-19)

“ONS IS REG OM HOM OP PAD HIERHEEN DOOD TE MAAK:”

10. En toe het daar ‘n groot twis ontstaan. Die rusie het só hewig geword, dat die kommandant bang was dat hulle Paulus uitmekaar sou skeur. Daarom het hy sy soldate beveel om hom geweldadig tussen hulle te gaan uithaal, en terug te bring kaserne toe.

11. Daardie nag het die Here by Paulus gestaan en vir hom gesê: ‘+Hou moed! Hier in Jerusalem het jy vir My getuig. So moet jy dit in Rome ook nog doen.’+

12. Die volgende dag het die Jode ‘n komplot teen Paulus gesmee. Hulle het gesweer dat hulle nie sou eet of drink voordat hulle hom doodgemaak het nie.

13. Daar was meer as veertig manne wat so saamgesweer het.

14. Hulle het na die priesterhoofde toe gegaan en gesê: ‘Ons het ‘n dure eed afgelê dat ons niks oor ons lippe sal neem voordat ons Paulus doodgemaak het nie.

15. ‘Julle moet nou, namens die Joodse Raad die versoek aan die kommandant rig, dat Paulus weer voor julle gebring moet word. Julle kan voorgee dat julle sy saak noukeuriger wil ondersoek. Ons is reg om hom op pad hierheen dood te maak.’

16. Maar die seun van Paulus se suster het gehoor van die plan om hom voor te lê, en kaserne toe gegaan en dit vir Paulus gaan vertel.

17. Toe laat Paulus een van die offisiere roep en sê vir hom: “Vat hierdie jongman asseblief na die kommandant toe, want hy het ‘n boodskap vir hom.”

18. Hy vat hom toe na die kommandant toe en sê: ‘Paulus die gevangene, het my laat roep en my gevra om hierdie jong man na u toe te bring. Hy het iets om u te vertel. ‘

19. Die kommandant vat hom toe aan die hand, gaan met hom eenkant toe, en vra vir hom: “Wat is dit wat jy my wil vertel?”

PEARL FOR EACH DAY:

Tuesday 9 July 2024.

(Acts 23:10-19)

“WE ARE READY TO KILL HIM BEFORE HE COMES NEAR:”

10. And when the dissension became violent, the commandant afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from among them by force, and bring him into the barracks.

11. The following night the Lord stood by Paul and said: ‘+Take courage! For as you testified to the facts about Me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.’+

12. When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves with an oath neither to eat nor drink, till they had killed Paul.

13. There were more than forty who made this conspiracy.

14. They went to the chief priests and elders, and said: ‘We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food, till we have killed Paul.

15. ‘Now therefore you, along with the council, give notice to the commandant to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case more exactly. And we are ready to kill him before he comes near.’

16. The son of Paul’s sister heard of their ambush, so he went and entered the barracks and told Paul.

17. Paul called one of the centurions and said: “Take this young man to the commander, for he has something to tell him.”

18. So he took him and brought him to the commandant and said: ‘Paul the prisoner called me and asked me to bring this young man to you, as he has something to say to you.’

19. The commandant took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately: “What is it that you have to tell me?”

(Ek vertrou die Heilige Gees van God om my van die korrekte Skriflesing gedeelte te voorsien elke dag, volgens u behoeftes en verwagtinge. Aan Hom kom toe alle eer, heerlikheid, krag, mag, majesteit, lofprysing, aanbidding, en danksegging, van nou af tot in ewigheid. 

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I am trusting the Holy Spirit of God to reveal the correct portion of Scripture to me every day, according to your needs and expectations. 

To Him be all glory, honour, power, might, majesty, praise, worship and thanksgiving, from now and forever more.)