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 And they went in and beheld what had happened, and marvelled that in their  and that the  rejoiced over the falling of the temple (?). And they cried out, saying: Verily these are the works of the men of a mighty God! And they departed and proclaimed in the city: Apollo the god of the Sidonians is fallen, and the half of his temple. And all the dwellers in the city ran to the temple and saw Paul and them that were with him, how they wept at this temptation, that they were made a spectacle for all men. But the multitude cried out: Bring them into the theatre. And the magistrates came to fetch them; and they groaned bitterly with one soul.

(Paul speaking) through me. Consider (nine lines much broken, ‘the way of life (conversation) of Christ’, ‘not in the faith’, occur)  Egyptians  and they  But the multitude  and followed after Paul, crying: Praised be the God  who hath sent Paul  that we should not  of death. But Theudes and prayed at Paul’s feet and embraced his feet, that he should give him the seal in the Lord. But he commanded them to go to Tyre in health (or farewell), and they put Paul (in a ship?) and went with him.

The purpose of confining Paul and his companions in the temple appears to have been connected with the sins of the cities of the plain of which Paul speaks.

The Acts of Titus, quoted before, have a sentence referring to this and the next episode: ‘And Paul healed Aphphia the wife of Chrysippus who was possessed with a devil: and fasting for seven days he overthrew the idol of Apollo.’ The Acts place this immediately after the conversion and preaching at Damascus, and put the Panehares episode later. They are not to be trusted, therefore, as a guide to the order of our book.

Now when Paul was entered unto Tyre there came a multitude of Jews in to him. These and they heard the mighty works  They marvelled  Amphion (= Aphphia of the Acts of Titus)  saying  in  Chrysippus  devil with him  many  When Paul came  he said: He  God and will not be an evil spirit (?)  in (?) Amphion  through the evil spirit  without any one’s having  she said to him: Save me that I die not. And while the multitude then arose the other (?) evil spirit  And forthwith the devils fled away. And when the multitude saw this, by the power of God, they praised him who had (given such power) unto Paul.