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AC-22:1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence [which I
make] now unto
you.
AC-22:2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue
to them, they
kept the more silence: and he saith,)
AC-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.
AC-22:4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and
delivering into
prisons both men and women.
AC-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.
AC-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.
AC-22:7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying
unto me, Saul,
Saul, why persecutest thou me?
AC-22:8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me,
I am Jesus of
Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
AC-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.
AC-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.
AC-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.
AC-22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law,
having a good
report of all the Jews which dwelt [there],
AC-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.
AC-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.
AC-22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what
thou hast seen and
heard.
AC-22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and
wash away thy
sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
AC-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;
AC-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.
AC-22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat
in every
synagogue them that believed on thee:
AC-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.
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