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1Men,
abrothers and fathers, hear my
2bdefense which I now
make to you.
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And when they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew
1dialect, they became more quiet. And he said,
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I am
1a aJew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city and trained at the feet of
bGamaliel, according to the
cstrictness of the law of our fathers, being
dzealous efor God, even as you all are today.
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And I
apersecuted this
1Way unto death, binding and delivering to
bprisons both men and women,
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As also the
ahigh priest and all the
1assembly of the elders testify for me; from whom I also received
bletters to the brothers and went to
cDamascus to bring those also who were there bound to Jerusalem that they might be punished.
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And as I journeyed and
adrew near to Damascus about midday, suddenly a great light flashed out of heaven around me;
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And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting
1Me?
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And I answered, Who are You,
1Lord? And He said to me, I am Jesus the
aNazarene, whom you persecute.
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And those who were with me beheld the light, but did not
1hear the voice of the One who was speaking to me.
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And I said,
aWhat shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rise up and go into Damascus, and there it
1will be told to you concerning all the things which have been appointed to you to do.
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And as I could
1not see because of the glory of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.
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And a certain
1aAnanias, a devout man according to the law,
bwell attested to by all the Jews dwelling
there,
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Came to me, and standing by, said to me, Brother Saul,
1areceive your sight! And in that very hour I looked up at him.
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And he said, The
aGod of our fathers has previously
bappointed you to know His
cwill and to see the
drighteous One and to hear the voice from His mouth;
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For you will be a
awitness to Him unto all men of the things which you have
bseen and heard.
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And now, why do you delay? Rise up and
1be abaptized and wash away your sins,
2bcalling on
3His cname.
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And when I returned to
aJerusalem and was praying in the
btemple, I went into a
1trance;
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And I saw Him saying to me, Hurry, and go quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept your
atestimony concerning Me.
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And I said, Lord, they know that I was
aimprisoning and beating from
bsynagogue to synagogue those who believe on You;
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And when the
ablood of Your
bwitness Stephen was being
cshed, I myself also was standing by and
dapproving and keeping the garments of those who did away with him.
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And He said to me, Go, for I will send you forth
afar away to the
bGentiles.
4)
Bound by the Romans
22:22-29
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And they listened to him up to this word, and
then they lifted up their voice, saying,
aAway from the earth with such a man, for it is
bnot fitting for him to live!
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And as they were crying out and casting off their garments and throwing dust in the air,
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The 1commander ordered him to be brought into the
abarracks, saying that he should be
bexamined by scourging in order that he might
cascertain for what cause they were shouting against him so.
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But as they stretched him out
1with the thongs, Paul
2said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man
who is a
aRoman and uncondemned?
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And when the centurion heard
this, he went to the commander and reported, saying, What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.
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And the commander came and said to him, Tell me, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.
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And the commander answered, With a large sum of money I acquired this citizenship. And Paul said, But I was even born
a Roman.
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Immediately therefore those who were about to
aexamine him withdrew from him; and the
bcommander also was
cafraid, realizing that he was a
dRoman and that he had
ebound him.
5)
Defending himself before the Sanhedrin
22:30—23:10
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And on the next day he, intending to find out for certain why he was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and all the
1aSanhedrin to come together; and having brought Paul down, he had
him stand before them.
