strkjv@Acts:22:1
@
Men
,
brethren
,
and
fathers
, hear
ye
my
defence
which I make
now
unto
you
.
strkjv@Acts:22:2
@ (
And
when they
heard
that
he
spake
in the
Hebrew
tongue
to
them
, they
kept
the
more
silence
:
and
he
saith
,)
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts:22:4
@ And
I
persecuted
this
way
unto
the
death
,
binding
and
delivering
into
prisons
both
men
and
women
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts:22:7
@
And
I
fell
unto
the
ground
,
and
heard
a
voice
saying
unto
me
,
Saul
,
Saul
,
why
persecutest
thou
me
?
strkjv@Acts:22:8
@
And
I
answered
,
Who
art
thou
,
Lord
?
And
he
said
unto
me
,
I
am
Jesus
of
Nazareth
,
whom
thou
persecutest
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts:22:12
@
And
one
Ananias
, a
devout
man
according
to the
law
, having a good
report
of
all
the
Jews
which
dwelt
there,
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts:22:15
@
For
thou shalt
be
his
witness
unto
all
men
of
what
thou hast
seen
and
heard
.
strkjv@Acts:22:16
@
And
now
why
tarriest
thou
?
arise
, and be
baptized
,
and
wash
away
thy
sins
, calling
on
the
name
of the
Lord
.
strkjv@Acts: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
;
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts:22:19
@ And
I
said
,
Lord
,
they
know
that
I
imprisoned
and
beat
in
every
synagogue
them that
believed
on
thee
:
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts:22:21
@
And
he
said
unto
me
,
Depart
:
for
I
will
send
thee
far
hence
unto
the
Gentiles
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts:22:23
@
And
as
they
cried
out
,
and
cast
off
their
clothes
,
and
threw
dust
into
the
air
,
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts: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
?
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts:22:27
@
Then
the chief
captain
came
, and
said
unto
him
,
Tell
me
,
art
thou
a
Roman
?
He
said
,
Yea
.
strkjv@Acts:22:28
@
And
the chief
captain
answered
, With a
great
sum
obtained
I
this
freedom
.
And
Paul
said
,
But
I
was free
born
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts: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
.
strkjv@Acts:23:1
@
And
Paul
, earnestly
beholding
the
council
,
said
,
Men
and
brethren
,
I
have
lived
in
all
good
conscience
before
God
until
this
day
.
strkjv@Acts:23:2
@
And
the high
priest
Ananias
commanded
them that stood
by
him
to
smite
him
on the
mouth
.
strkjv@Acts:23:3
@
Then
said
Paul
unto
him
,
God
shall
smite
thee
, thou
whited
wall
:
for
sittest
thou
to
judge
me
after
the
law
,
and
commandest
me
to be
smitten
contrary to the
law
?
strkjv@Acts:23:4
@
And
they that stood
by
said
, Revilest
thou
Gods
high
priest
?
strkjv@Acts:23:5
@
Then
said
Paul
, I
wist
not
,
brethren
,
that
he
was
the high
priest
:
for
it is
written
, Thou
shalt
not
speak
evil
of the
ruler
of
thy
people
.
strkjv@Acts:23:6
@
But
when
Paul
perceived
that
the
one
part
were
Sadducees
,
and
the
other
Pharisees
, he cried
out
in
the
council
,
Men
and
brethren
,
I
am
a
Pharisee
, the
son
of a
Pharisee
:
of
the
hope
and
resurrection
of the
dead
I
am called in
question
.
strkjv@Acts:23:7
@
And
when
he
had
so
said
, there
arose
a
dissension
between the
Pharisees
and
the
Sadducees
:
and
the
multitude
was
divided
.
strkjv@Acts:23:8
@
For
the
Sadducees
say
that there
is
no
resurrection
,
neither
angel
,
nor
spirit
:
but
the
Pharisees
confess
both
.
strkjv@Acts:23:9
@
And
there
arose
a
great
cry
:
and
the
scribes
that were of the
Pharisees
part
arose
, and
strove
,
saying
, We
find
no
evil
in
this
man
:
but
if
a
spirit
or
an
angel
hath
spoken
to
him
, let
us
not
fight
against God.
strkjv@Acts:23:10
@
And
when there
arose
a
great
dissension
, the chief
captain
,
fearing
lest
Paul
should have been pulled in
pieces
of
them
,
commanded
the
soldiers
to go
down
, and to
take
him
by
force
from
among
them
,
and
to
bring
him
into
the
castle
.
strkjv@Acts:23:11
@
And
the
night
following
the
Lord
stood
by
him
, and
said
, Be of good
cheer
,
Paul
:
for
as
thou hast
testified
of
me
in
Jerusalem
,
so
must
thou
bear
witness
also
at
Rome
.
strkjv@Acts:23:12
@
And
when it
was
day
,
certain
of the
Jews
banded
together
, and
bound
themselves
under a
curse
,
saying
that they
would
neither
eat
nor
drink
till
they had
killed
Paul
.
strkjv@Acts:23:13
@
And
they
were
more
than
forty
which
had
made
this
conspiracy
.
strkjv@Acts:23:14
@ And
they
came
to
the chief
priests
and
elders
, and
said
, We have
bound
ourselves
under a great
curse
, that we will
eat
nothing
until
we have
slain
Paul
.
strkjv@Acts:23:15
@
Now
therefore
ye
with
the
council
signify
to the chief
captain
that
he
bring
him
down
unto
you
to
morrow
,
as
though ye
would
enquire
something more
perfectly
concerning
him
:
and
we
, or
ever
he
come
near
,
are
ready
to
kill
him
.
strkjv@Acts:23:16
@
And
when
Pauls
sisters
son
heard
of their lying in
wait
, he
went
and
entered
into
the
castle
, and
told
Paul
.
strkjv@Acts:23:17
@
Then
Paul
called
one
of the
centurions
unto him, and
said
,
Bring
this
young
man
unto
the chief
captain
:
for
he
hath
a certain
thing
to
tell
him
.
strkjv@Acts:23:18
@
So
he
took
him
, and
brought
him
to
the chief
captain
,
and
said
,
Paul
the
prisoner
called
me
unto him, and prayed
me
to
bring
this
young
man
unto
thee
, who
hath
something
to
say
unto
thee
.
strkjv@Acts:23:19
@
Then
the chief
captain
took
him
by the
hand
,
and
went with him
aside
privately
, and
asked
him,
What
is
that
thou
hast
to
tell
me
?
strkjv@Acts:23:20
@
And
he
said
,
The
Jews
have
agreed
to
desire
thee
that
thou wouldest bring
down
Paul
to
morrow
into
the
council
,
as
though they
would
enquire
somewhat
of
him
more
perfectly
.
strkjv@Acts:23:21
@
But
do
not
thou
yield
unto
them
:
for
there lie in wait
for
him
of
them
more
than
forty
men
,
which
have
bound
themselves
with an
oath
, that they
will
neither
eat
nor
drink
till
they have
killed
him
:
and
now
are
they
ready
, looking
for
a
promise
from
thee
.
strkjv@Acts:23:22
@
So
the chief
captain
then
let
the young
man
depart
, and
charged
him, See thou
tell
no
man
that
thou hast
shewed
these
things
to
me
.
strkjv@Acts:23:23
@
And
he called
unto
him
two
centurions
,
saying
, Make
ready
two
hundred
soldiers
to
go
to
Caesarea
,
and
horsemen
threescore and
ten
,
and
spearmen
two
hundred
,
at
the
third
hour
of the
night
;
strkjv@Acts:23:24
@
And
provide
them
beasts
,
that
they may
set
Paul
on
, and bring him
safe
unto
Felix
the
governor
.
strkjv@Acts:23:25
@ And he
wrote
a
letter
after
this
manner
:
strkjv@Acts:23:26
@
Claudius
Lysias
unto the most
excellent
governor
Felix
sendeth
greeting
.
strkjv@Acts:23:27
@
This
man
was
taken
of
the
Jews
,
and
should
have been
killed
of
them
: then came
I
with
an
army
, and
rescued
him
, having
understood
that
he
was
a
Roman
.
strkjv@Acts:23:28
@
And
when
I
would
have
known
the
cause
wherefore
they
accused
him
, I
brought
him
forth
into
their
council
:
strkjv@Acts:23:29
@
Whom
I
perceived
to be
accused
of
questions
of
their
law
,
but
to
have
nothing
laid to his
charge
worthy
of
death
or
of
bonds
.
strkjv@Acts:23:30
@
And
when it was
told
me
how
that
the
Jews
laid
wait
for
the
man
, I
sent
straightway
to
thee
, and gave
commandment
to his
accusers
also
to
say
before
thee
what they had
against
him
.
Farewell
.
strkjv@Acts:23:31
@
Then
the
soldiers
,
as
it was
commanded
them
,
took
Paul
, and
brought
him
by
night
to
Antipatris
.
strkjv@Acts:23:32
@
On the
morrow
they
left
the
horsemen
to
go
with
him
, and
returned
to
the
castle
:
strkjv@Acts:23:33
@
Who
, when they
came
to
Caesarea
,
and
delivered
the
epistle
to the
governor
,
presented
Paul
also
before
him
.
strkjv@Acts:23:34
@
And
when the
governor
had
read
the letter,
he
asked
of
what
province
he
was
.
And
when he
understood
that
he was
of
Cilicia
;
strkjv@Acts:23:35
@ I will
hear
thee
, said
he
,
when
thine
accusers
are
also
come
.
And
he
commanded
him
to be
kept
in
Herods
judgment
hall
.
strkjv@Acts:24:1
@
And
after
five
days
Ananias
the high
priest
descended
with
the
elders
,
and
with a
certain
orator
named
Tertullus
,
who
informed
the
governor
against
Paul
.
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