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AC-22:1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence [which I
make] now unto you.
AC-22:2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue
to
them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
AC-22:3 I am verily a man [which am] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a
city] in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of
Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the perfect manner of the
law of
the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
AC-22:4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and
delivering into prisons both men and women.
AC-22:5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all
the
estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the
brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there
bound
unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
AC-22:6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was
come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from
heaven
a great light round about me.
AC-22:7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying
unto
me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
AC-22:8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me,
I
am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
AC-22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and
were
afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
AC-22:10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said
unto
me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee
of
all things which are appointed for thee to do.
AC-22:11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light,
being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into
Damascus.
AC-22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law,
having
a good report of all the Jews which dwelt [there],
AC-22:13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother
Saul,
receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
AC-22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee,
that
thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and
shouldest
hear the voice of his mouth.
AC-22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou
hast seen and heard.
AC-22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and
wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
AC-22:17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to
Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
AC-22:18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee
quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony
concerning me.
AC-22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat
in
every synagogue them that believed on thee:
AC-22:20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I
also
was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the
raiment
of them that slew him.
AC-22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far
hence unto the Gentiles.
AC-22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and [then]
lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a [fellow] from
the
earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
AC-22:23 And as they cried out, and cast off [their] clothes,
and
threw dust into the air,
AC-22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the
castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he
might know wherefore they cried so against him.
AC-22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the
centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man
that
is a Roman, and uncondemned?
AC-22:26 When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the
chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man
is a
Roman.
AC-22:27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell
me,
art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
AC-22:28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum
obtained
I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born.
AC-22:29 Then straightway they departed from him which should
have
examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he
knew
that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
AC-22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the
certainty
wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from [his]
bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to
appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
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