ASV_Strong : Acts 22
1. [G435] Brethren[G80] and[G2532] fathers[G3962], hear ye[G191] the[G3450] defence[G627] which I now[G3568] make unto[G4314] you[G5209].
2. And[G1161] when they heard[G191] that[G3754] he spake[G4377] unto them[G846] in the Hebrew[G1446] language[G1258], they were[G3930] the more[G3123] quiet[G2271]: and[G2532] he saith[G5346],
3. I[G1473] am[G1510, Ezekiel3] a[G435] Jew[G2453], born[G1080] in[G1722] Tarsus[G5019] of Cilicia[G2791], but[G1161] brought up[G397] in[G1722] this[G3778] city[G4172], at[G3844] the feet[G4228] of Gamaliel[G1059], instructed[G3811] according to[G2596] the strict manner[G195] of the law[G3551] of our fathers[G3971], being[G5225] zealous[G2207] for God[G2316], even as[G2531] ye[G5210] all[G3956] are[G2075] this day[G4594]:
4. and[G3739] I persecuted[G1377] this[G3778] Way[G3598] unto[G891] the death[G2288], binding[G1195] and[G2532] delivering[G3860] into[G1519] prisons[G5438] both[G5037] men[G435] and[G2532] women[G1135].
5. As[G5613] also[G2532] the high priest[G749] doth bear[G3140] me[G3427] witness[G3140], and[G2532] all[G3956] the estate of the elders[G4244]: from[G3844] whom[G3739] also[G2532] I received[G1209] letters[G1992] unto[G4314] the brethren[G80], and journeyed[G4198] to[G1519] Damascus[G1154] to bring[G71] them[G3588] also[G2532] that were[G5607] there[G1566] unto[G1519] Jerusalem[G2419] in bonds[G1210] to[G2443] be punished[G5097].
6. And[G1161] it came to pass[G1096], that, as I[G3427] made my journey[G4198], and[G2532] drew nigh[G1448] unto Damascus[G1154], about[G4012] noon[G3314], suddenly[G1810] there shone[G4015] from[G1537] heaven[G3772] a great[G2425] light[G5457] round about[G4012] me[G1691].
7. And[G5037] I fell[G4098] unto[G1519] the ground[G1475], and[G2532] heard[G191] a voice[G5456] saying[G3004] unto me[G3427], Saul[G4549], Saul[G4549], why[G5101] persecutest[G1377] thou me[G3165]?
8. And[G1161] I[G1473] answered[G611], Who[G5101] art thou[G1488], Lord[G2962]? And[G5037] he said[G2036] unto[G4314] me[G3165], I[G1473] am[G1510] Jesus[G2424] of Nazareth[G3480], whom[G3739] thou[G4771] persecutest[G1377].
9. And[G1161] they[G3588] that were[G5607] with[G4862] me[G1698] beheld[G2300] indeed[G3303] the light[G5457], but[G1161] they heard[G191] not[G3756] the voice[G5456] of him[G3588] that spake[G2980] to me[G3427].
10. And[G1161] I said[G2036], What[G5101] shall I do[G4160], Lord[G2962]? And[G1161] the Lord[G2962] said[G2036] unto[G4314] me[G3165], Arise[G450], and go[G4198] into[G1519] Damascus[G1154]; and there[G2546] it shall be told[G2980] thee[G4671] of[G4012] all things[G3956] which[G3739] are appointed[G5021] for thee[G4671] to do[G4160].
11. And[G1161] when[G5613] I could[G1689] not[G3756] see[G1689] for[G575] the glory[G1391] of that[G1565] light[G5457], being led by the hand[G5496] of[G5259] them[G3588] that were with[G4895] me[G3427] I came[G2064] into[G1519] Damascus[G1154].
12. And[G1161] one[G5100] Ananias[G367], a devout[G2152] man[G435] according to[G2596] the law[G3551], well reported[G3140] of[G5259] by all[G3956] the Jews[G2453] that dwelt there[G2730],
13. came[G2064] unto[G4314] me[G3165], and[G2532] standing[G2186] by me said[G2036] unto me[G3427], Brother[G80] Saul[G4549], receive thy sight[G308]. And[G2504] in that very[G846] hour[G5610] I[G2504] looked up[G308] on[G1519] him[G846].
14. And[G1161] he said[G2036], The God[G2316] of our[G2257] fathers[G3962] hath appointed[G4400] thee[G4571] to know[G1097] his[G846] will[G2307], and[G2532] to see[G1492] the[G3588] Righteous One[G1342], and[G2532] to hear[G191] a voice[G5456] from[G1537] his[G846] mouth[G4750].
15. For[G3754] thou shalt be[G2071] a witness[G3144] for[G3754] him unto[G4314] all[G3956] men[G444] of what[G3739] thou hast seen[G3708] and[G2532] heard[G191].
16. And[G2532] now[G3568] why[G5101] tarriest thou[G3195]? arise[G450], and be baptized[G907], and[G2532] wash away[G628] thy[G4675] sins[G266], calling on[G1941] his[G2962] name[G3686].
17. And[G1161] it came to pass[G1096], that, when I[G3427] had returned[G5290] to[G1519] Jerusalem[G2419], and[G2532] while I[G3450] prayed[G4336] in[G1722] the temple[G2411], I[G3165] fell[G1096] into[G1722] a trance[G1611],
18. and[G2532] saw[G1492] him[G846] saying[G3004] unto me[G3427], Make haste[G4692], and[G2532] get thee[G1831] quickly[G5034] out[G1722] of[G1537] Jerusalem[G2419]; because[G1360] they will[G3858] not[G3756] receive[G3858] of thee[G4675] testimony[G3141] concerning[G4012] me[G1700].
19. And I[G2504] said[G2036], Lord[G2962], they[G846] themselves know[G1987] that[G3754] I[G1473, 2252] imprisoned[G5439] and[G2532] beat[G1194] in every[G2596] synagogue[G4864] them that[G3588] believed[G4100] on[G1909] thee[G4571]:
20. and[G2532] when[G3753] the blood[G129] of Stephen[G4736] thy[G4675] witness[G3144] was[G2252] shed[G1632], I[G846] also[G2532] was[G2252] standing by[G2186], and[G2532] consenting[G2532], and keeping[G5442] the garments[G2440] of them[G3588] that slew[G337] him[G846].
21. And[G2532] he said[G2036] unto[G4314] me[G3165], Depart[G4198]: for[G3754] I[G1473] will send[G1821] thee[G4571] forth far hence[G3112] unto[G1519] the Gentiles[G1484].
22. And[G1161] they gave[G191] him[G846] audience[G191] unto[G891] this[G5127] word[G3056]; and[G2532] they lifted up[G1869] their[G846] voice[G5456], and said[G3004], Away with[G142] such a[G5108] fellow from[G575] the earth[G1093]: for[G1063] it is[G2520] not[G3756] fit[G2520] that he[G846] should live[G2198].
23. And[G1161] as they[G846] cried out[G2905], and[G2532] threw off[G4495] their garments[G2440], and[G2532] cast[G906] dust[G2868] into[G1519] the air[G109],
24. the chief captain[G5506] commanded[G2753] him[G846] be brought[G71] into[G1519] the castle[G3925], bidding that[G2036] he[G846] should be examined[G426] by scourging[G3148], that[G2443] he might know[G1921] for what[G3739] cause[G156] they so[G3779] shouted[G2019] against him[G846].
25. And[G1161] when[G5613] they had tied[G4385] him[G846] up with the thongs[G2438], Paul[G3972] said[G2036] unto[G4314] the centurion[G1543] that[G3588] stood by[G1487], Is it lawful[G1832] for you[G5213] to scourge[G3147] a man[G444] that is a Roman[G4514], and[G2532] uncondemned[G178]?
26. And when[G1161] the centurion[G1543] heard[G191] it[G4334], he went to the chief captain[G5506] and told[G518] him[G3004], saying, [G3708] What[G5101] art thou about[G3195] to do[G4160]? for[G1063] this[G3778] man[G444] is[G2076] a Roman[G4514].
27. And the chief[G5506] captain[G5506] came[G4334] and said[G2036] unto him[G846], Tell[G3004] me[G1487], art[G1488] thou[G4771] a Roman[G1161]? And he said[G5346], Yea[G3483].
28. And[G5037] the chief captain[G5506] answered[G611], With a great[G4183] sum[G2774] obtained[G2932] I[G1473] this[G3778] citizenship[G4174]. And[G1161] Paul[G3972] said[G5346], But[G1161] I[G1473] am[G1080] a[G2532] Roman born[G1080].
29. They then[G3767] that[G3588] were about[G3195] to examine[G426] him[G846] straightway[G2112] departed[G868] from[G575] him[G846]: and[G2532] the chief captain[G5506] also[G1161] was afraid[G5399] when he knew[G1921] that[G3754] he was[G2076] a Roman[G4514], and[G2532] because[G3754] he had[G2258] bound[G1210] him[G846].
30. But[G1161] on the morrow[G1887], desiring[G1014] to know[G1097] the certainty[G804] wherefore[G5101] he was accused[G2723] of[G3844] the Jews[G2453], he loosed[G3089] him[G846], [G575, 1199] and[G2532] commanded[G2753] the chief priests[G749] and[G2532] all[G3650] the[G846] council[G4892] to come together[G2064], and[G2532] brought[G2609] Paul[G3972] down[G2609] and set him[G2476] before[G1519] them[G846].
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