Bible Translators Theologians Israel Acrelius (December 4, 1714 – April 25, 1800) was a noted Swedish Lutheran missionary and priest.

He was born in Österåker, Stockholm County, Sweden, in 1714 to Johan and Sara Acrelius (née Gahm).

Beginning in 1749, Acrelius took a post in Wilmington, Delaware, site of a Swedish Lutheran congregation which dated to the time of the New Sweden colony.

[4] The king gave him a large pension, and he received the lucrative pastorate of a church in the parish of Fellingsbro in the province of Västmanland during 1758.

This book was translated into English by William Morton Reynolds, who learnt Swedish for the purpose, and published in 1874.