King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. Men,[G435] brethren,[G80] and[G2532] fathers,[G3962] hear[G191] ye my[G3450] defense[G627] which I make now[G3568] unto[G4314] you.[G5209]

2. (And[G1161] when they heard[G191] that[G3754] he spake[G4377] in the[G3588] Hebrew[G1446] tongue[G1258] to them,[G846] they kept[G3930] the more[G3123] silence:[G2271] and[G2532] he saith,)[G5346]

3. I[G1473] am[G1510] verily[G3303] a man[G435] which am a Jew,[G2453] born[G1080] in[G1722] Tarsus,[G5019] a city in Cilicia,[G2791] yet[G1161] brought up[G397] in[G1722] this[G5026] city[G4172] at[G3844] the[G3588] feet[G4228] of Gamaliel,[G1059] and taught[G3811] according[G2596] to the perfect manner[G195] of the law[G3551] of the[G3588] fathers,[G3971] and was[G5225] zealous[G2207] toward God,[G2316] as[G2531] ye[G5210] all[G3956] are[G2075] this day.[G4594]

4. And I[G3739] persecuted[G1377] this[G5026] 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[G3588] high priest[G749] doth bear me witness,[G3140] [G3427] and[G2532] all[G3956] the[G3588] estate of the elders:[G4244] from[G3844] whom[G3739] also[G2532] I received[G1209] letters[G1992] unto[G4314] the[G3588] brethren,[G80] and went[G4198] to[G1519] Damascus,[G1154] to bring[G71] [G2532] them which were[G5607] there[G1566] bound[G1210] unto[G1519] Jerusalem,[G2419] for to[G2443] be punished.[G5097]

6. And[G1161] it came to pass,[G1096] that, as I[G3427] made my journey,[G4198] and[G2532] was come 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[G3588] 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[G1488] thou, 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 that were[G5607] with[G4862] me[G1698] saw[G2300] indeed[G3303] the[G3588] light,[G5457] and[G2532] were[G1096] afraid;[G1719] but[G1161] they heard[G191] not[G3756] the[G3588] voice[G5456] of him that spake[G2980] to me.[G3427]

10. And[G1161] I said,[G2036] What[G5101] shall I do,[G4160] Lord?[G2962] And[G1161] the[G3588] 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 not[G3756] see[G1689] for[G575] the[G3588] glory[G1391] of that[G1565] light,[G5457] being led by the hand[G5496] of[G5259] them 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[G2596] to the[G3588] law,[G3551] having a good report[G3140] of[G5259] all[G3956] the[G3588] Jews[G2453] which dwelt[G2730] there,

13. Came[G2064] unto[G4314] me,[G3165] and[G2532] stood,[G2186] and said[G2036] unto me,[G3427] Brother[G80] Saul,[G4549] receive thy sight.[G308] And the[G3588] same[G846] hour[G5610] I[G2504] looked up[G308] upon[G1519] him.[G846]

14. And[G1161] he[G3588] said,[G2036] The[G3588] God[G2316] of our[G2257] fathers[G3962] hath chosen[G4400] thee,[G4571] that thou shouldest know[G1097] his[G848] will,[G2307] and[G2532] see[G1492] that Just One,[G1342] and[G2532] shouldest hear[G191] the voice[G5456] of[G1537] his[G848] mouth.[G4750]

15. For[G3754] thou shalt be[G2071] his[G846] witness[G3144] 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[G3195] thou? arise,[G450] and be baptized,[G907] and[G2532] wash away[G628] thy[G4675] sins,[G266] calling on[G1941] the[G3588] name[G3686] of the[G3588] Lord.[G2962]

17. And[G1161] it came to pass,[G1096] that, when I[G3427] was come again[G5290] to[G1519] Jerusalem,[G2419] even[G2532] while I[G3450] prayed[G4336] in[G1722] the[G3588] temple,[G2411] I[G3165] was[G1096] in[G1722] a trance;[G1611]

18. And[G2532] saw[G1492] him[G846] saying[G3004] unto me,[G3427] Make haste,[G4692] and[G2532] get[G1831] thee quickly[G1722] [G5034] out of[G1537] Jerusalem: [G2419] for[G1360] they will not[G3756] receive[G3858] thy[G4675] testimony[G3141] concerning[G4012] me.[G1700]

19. And I[G2504] said,[G2036] Lord,[G2962] they[G846] know[G1987] that[G3754] I[G1473] imprisoned[G2252] [G5439] and[G2532] beat[G1194] in every synagogue[G2596] [G4864] them that believed[G4100] on[G1909] thee: [G4571]

20. And[G2532] when[G3753] the[G3588] blood[G129] of thy[G4675] martyr[G3144] Stephen[G4736] was shed,[G1632] I[G848] also[G2532] was[G2252] standing by,[G2186] and[G2532] consenting[G4909] unto his[G848] death,[G336] and[G2532] kept[G5442] the[G3588] raiment[G2440] of them 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] far hence[G3112] unto[G1519] the Gentiles.[G1484]

22. And[G1161] they gave him audience[G191] [G846] unto[G891] this[G5127] word,[G3056] and[G2532] then lifted up[G1869] their[G848] voices,[G5456] and said,[G3004] Away[G142] with such[G5108] a fellow from[G575] the[G3588] earth:[G1093] for[G1063] it is not fit[G2520] [G3756] that he[G846] should live.[G2198]

23. And[G1161] as they[G846] cried out,[G2905] and[G2532] cast off[G4495] their clothes,[G2440] and[G2532] threw[G906] dust[G2868] into[G1519] the[G3588] air,[G109]

24. The[G3588] chief captain[G5506] commanded[G2753] him[G846] to be brought[G71] into[G1519] the[G3588] castle,[G3925] and bade[G2036] that he[G846] should be examined[G426] by scourging;[G3148] that[G2443] he might know[G1921] wherefore[G1223] [G3739] [G156] they cried so against[G2019] [G3779] him.[G846]

25. And[G1161] as[G5613] they bound[G4385] him[G846] with thongs,[G2438] Paul[G3972] said[G2036] unto[G4314] the centurion[G1543] that stood by,[G2476] [G1487] Is it lawful[G1832] for you[G5213] to scourge[G3147] a man[G444] that is a Roman,[G4514] and[G2532] uncondemned?[G178]

26. When[G1161] the[G3588] centurion[G1543] heard[G191] that, he went[G4334] and told[G518] the[G3588] chief captain,[G5506] saying,[G3004] Take heed[G3708] what[G5101] thou[G3195] doest:[G4160] for[G1063] this[G3778] man[G444] is[G2076] a Roman.[G4514]

27. Then[G1161] the[G3588] chief captain[G5506] came,[G4334] and said[G2036] unto him,[G846] Tell[G3004] me,[G3427] [G1487] art[G1488] thou[G4771] a Roman?[G4514] [G1161] He[G3588] said,[G5346] Yea.[G3483]

28. And[G5037] the[G3588] chief captain[G5506] answered,[G611] With a great[G4183] sum[G2774] obtained[G2932] I[G1473] this[G5026] freedom.[G4174] And[G1161] Paul[G3972] said,[G5346] But[G1161] I[G1473] was[G2532] free born.[G1080]

29. Then[G3767] straightway[G2112] they departed[G868] from[G575] him[G846] which should[G3195] have examined[G426] him:[G846] and[G2532] the[G3588] chief captain[G5506] also[G1161] was afraid,[G5399] after he knew[G1921] that[G3754] he was[G2076] a Roman,[G4514] and[G2532] because[G3754] he had[G2258] bound[G1210] him.[G846]

30. On[G1161] the[G3588] morrow,[G1887] because he would[G1014] have known[G1097] the[G3588] certainty[G804] wherefore[G5101] he was accused[G2723] of[G3844] the[G3588] Jews,[G2453] he loosed[G3089] him[G846] from[G575] his bands,[G1199] and[G2532] commanded[G2753] the[G3588] chief priests[G749] and[G2532] all[G3650] their[G848] council[G4892] to appear,[G2064] and[G2532] brought Paul down,[G2609] [G3972] and set[G2476] him before[G1519] them.[G846]