Acts:22

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ylt @Acts:22:1 @'Men , brethren , and fathers , hear my defence now unto you ;' -- ylt @Acts:22:2 @and they having heard that in the Hebrew dialect he was speaking to them , gave the more silence , and he saith , -- ylt @Acts:22:3 @'I , indeed , am a man , a Jew , having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia , and brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel , having been taught according to the exactitude of a law of the fathers , being zealous of God , as all ye are to-day . ylt @Acts:22:4 @'And this way I persecuted unto death , binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women , ylt @Acts:22:5 @as also the chief priest doth testify to me , and all the eldership ; from whom also having received letters unto the brethren , to Damascus , I was going on , to bring also those there bound to Jerusalem that they might be punished , ylt @Acts:22:6 @and it came to pass , in my going on and coming nigh to Damascus , about noon , suddenly out of the heaven there shone a great light round about me , ylt @Acts:22:7 @I fell also to the ground , and I heard a voice saying to me , Saul , Saul , why me dost thou persecute ? ylt @Acts:22:8 @'And I answered , Who art thou , Lord ? and he said unto me , I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute -- ylt @Acts:22:9 @and they who are with me the light did see , and became afraid , and the voice they heard not of him who is speaking to me -- ylt @Acts:22:10 @and I said , What shall I do , Lord ? and the Lord said unto me , Having risen , go on to Damascus , and there it shall be told thee concerning all things that have been appointed for thee to do . ylt @Acts:22:11 @'And when I did not see from the glory of that light , being led by the hand by those who are with me , I came to Damascus , ylt @Acts:22:12 @and a certain one , Ananias , a pious man according to the law , being testified to by all the Jews dwelling [there ], ylt @Acts:22:13 @having come unto me and stood by [me ], said to me , Saul , brother , look up ; and I the same hour did look up to him ; ylt @Acts:22:14 @and he said , The God of our fathers did choose thee beforehand to know His will , and to see the Righteous One , and to hear a voice out of his mouth , ylt @Acts:22:15 @because thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard ; ylt @Acts:22:16 @and now , why tarriest thou ? having risen , baptize thyself , and wash away thy sins , calling upon the name of the Lord . ylt @Acts:22:17 @'And it came to pass when I returned to Jerusalem , and while I was praying in the temple , I came into a trance , ylt @Acts:22:18 @and I saw him saying to me , Haste and go forth in haste out of Jerusalem , because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me ; ylt @Acts:22:19 @and I said , Lord , they -- they know that I was imprisoning and was scourging in every synagogue those believing on thee ; ylt @Acts:22:20 @and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was being poured forth , I also was standing by and assenting to his death , and keeping the garments of those putting him to death ; ylt @Acts:22:21 @and he said unto me , Go , because to nations far off I will send thee .' ylt @Acts:22:22 @And they were hearing him unto this word , and they lifted up their voice , saying , 'Away from the earth with such an one ; for it is not fit for him to live .' ylt @Acts:22:23 @And they crying out and casting up their garments , and throwing dust into the air , ylt @Acts:22:24 @the chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle , saying , 'By scourges let him be examined ;' that he might know for what cause they were crying so against him . ylt @Acts:22:25 @And as he was stretching him with the thongs , Paul said unto the centurion who was standing by , 'A man , a Roman , uncondemned -- is it lawful to you to scourge ;' ylt @Acts:22:26 @and the centurion having heard , having gone near to the chief captain , told , saying , 'Take heed what thou art about to do , for this man is a Roman ;' ylt @Acts:22:27 @and the chief captain having come near , said to him , 'Tell me , art thou a Roman ?' and he said , 'Yes ;' ylt @Acts:22:28 @and the chief captain answered , 'I , with a great sum , did obtain this citizenship ;' but Paul said , 'But I have been even born [so ].' ylt @Acts:22:29 @Immediately , therefore , they departed from him who are about to examine him , and the chief captain also was afraid , having learned that he is a Roman , and because he had bound him , ylt @Acts:22:30 @and on the morrow , intending to know the certainty wherefore he is accused by the Jews , he did loose him from the bonds , and commanded the chief priests and all their sanhedrim to come , and having brought down Paul , he set [him ] before them .

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