Acts:22

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drb @Acts:22:1 @Men , brethren , and fathers , hear ye the account which I now give unto you . drb @Acts:22:2 @(And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue , they kept the more silence .) drb @Acts:22:3 @And he saith : I am a Jew , born at Tarsus in Cilicia , but brought up in this city , at the feet of Gamaliel , taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers , zealous for the law , as also all you are this day : drb @Acts:22:4 @Who persecuted this way unto death , binding and delivering into prisons both men and women . drb @Acts:22:5 @As the high priest doth bear me witness , and all the ancients : from whom also receiving letters to the brethren , I went to Damascus , that I might bring them bound from thence to Jerusalem to be punished . drb @Acts:22:6 @And it came to pass , as I was going , and drawing nigh to Damascus at midday , that suddenly from heaven there shone round about me a great light : drb @Acts:22:7 @And falling on the ground , I heard a voice saying to me : Saul , Saul , why persecutest thou me ? drb @Acts:22:8 @And I answered : Who art thou , Lord ? And he said to me : I am Jesus of Nazareth , whom thou persecutest . drb @Acts:22:9 @And they that were with me , saw indeed the light , but they heard not the voice of him that spoke with me . drb @Acts:22:10 @And I said : What shall I do , Lord ? And the Lord said to me : Arise , and go to Damascus ; and there it shall be told thee of all things that thou must do . drb @Acts:22:11 @And whereas I did not see for the brightness of that light , being led by the hand by my companions , I came to Damascus . drb @Acts:22:12 @And one Ananias , a man according to the law , having testimony of all the Jews who dwelt there , drb @Acts:22:13 @Coming to me , and standing by me , said to me : Brother Saul , look up . And I the same hour looked upon him . drb @Acts:22:14 @But he said : The God of our fathers hath preordained thee that thou shouldst know his will , and see the Just One , and shouldst hear the voice from his mouth . drb @Acts:22:15 @For thou shalt be his witness to all men , of those things which thou hast seen and heard . drb @Acts:22:16 @And now why tarriest thou ? Rise up , and be baptized , and wash away thy sins , invoking his name drb @Acts:22:17 @And it came to pass , when I was come again to Jerusalem , and was praying in the temple , that I was in a trance , drb @Acts:22:18 @And saw him saying unto me : Make haste , and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem ; because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me . drb @Acts:22:19 @And I said : Lord , they know that I cast into prison , and beat in every synagogue , them that believed in thee . drb @Acts:22:20 @And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed , I stood by and consented , and kept the garments of them that killed him . drb @Acts:22:21 @And he said to me : Go , for unto the Gentiles afar off , will I send thee . drb @Acts:22:22 @And they heard him until this word , and then lifted up their voice , saying : Away with such an one from the earth ; for it is not fit that he should live . drb @Acts:22:23 @And as they cried out and threw off their garments , and cast dust into the air , drb @Acts:22:24 @The tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle , and that he should be scourged and tortured : to know for what cause they did so cry out against him . drb @Acts:22:25 @And when they had bound him with thongs , Paul saith to the centurion that stood by him : Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman , and uncondemned ? drb @Acts:22:26 @Which the centurion hearing , went to the tribune , and told him , saying : What art thou about to do ? For this man is a Roman citizen . drb @Acts:22:27 @And the tribune coming , said to him : Tell me , art thou a Roman ? But he said : Yea . drb @Acts:22:28 @And the tribune answered : I obtained the being free of this city with a great sum . And Paul said : But I was born so . drb @Acts:22:29 @Immediately therefore they departed from him that were about to torture him . The tribune also was afraid after he understood that he was a Roman citizen , and because he had bound him . drb @Acts:22:30 @But on the next day , meaning to know more diligently for what cause he was accused by the Jews , he loosed him , and commanded the priests to come together , and all the council : and bringing forth Paul , he set him before them .

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