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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Acts 22 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/acts/22.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/acts/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Acts 22</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../acts/21.htm" title="Acts 21">◄</a> Acts 22 <a href="../acts/23.htm" title="Acts 23">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/acts/22.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense that I am now making before you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet, and he continued:</p> <p class="reg margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia but raised in this city and educated at the feet of Gamaliel in the strict ways of our ancestral Law. I am as zealous for God as all of you are today. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I persecuted this Way, even executing people,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:4 The Gk. lacks people">a</a></span> and kept tying up both men and women and putting them in prison, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>as the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. I also received letters from them to the brothers in Damascus, and I was going there to tie up those who were there and bring them back to Jerusalem to be punished.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“But while I was on my way and approaching Damascus about noon, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, <span class="red">‘Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?’</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:8 Or Sir">b</a></span> </p> <p class="reg">“He told me, <span class="red">‘I’m Jesus from Nazareth,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:8 Or Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk. Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb. netser, meaning branch (cf. Isa 11:1), and the name Nazareth.">c</a></span> whom you are persecuting.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The men who were with me saw the light but didn’t understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Then I asked, ‘What am I to do, Lord?’</p> <p class="reg">“The Lord told me, <span class="red">‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything you are destined to do.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Since I could not see because of the brightness of the light, the men who were with me took me by the hand and led me into Damascus.</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“A certain Ananias, who was a devout man with respect to the Law and who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>came to me. He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ At that moment I could see him.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“Then he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear his own voice,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:14 Lit. the voice of his mouth">d</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So now, what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away as you call on his name.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“Then I returned to Jerusalem. While I was praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and saw the Lord<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:18 Lit. him">e</a></span> saying to me, <span class="red">‘Hurry up and get out of Jerusalem at once, because the people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:18 Lit. they">f</a></span> won’t accept your testimony about me.’</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that in every synagogue I kept imprisoning and beating those who believe in you. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Even when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I was standing there, approving it and guarding the coats of those who were killing him.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Then he told me, <span class="red">‘Go, because I’ll send you far away to the gentiles.’”</span></p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Up to this point they listened to him, but then they began to shout, “Away with such a fellow from the earth! He’s not fit to go on living!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>While they were yelling, tossing their coats around, and throwing dirt into the air, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>the tribune ordered Paul<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:24 Lit. him">g</a></span> to be taken into the barracks and told the soldiers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:24 Lit. them">h</a></span> to beat and question him in order to find out why the people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:24 Lit. why they">i</a></span> were yelling at him like this.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But when they had tied him up with the straps, Paul asked the centurion<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:25 A Roman centurion commanded about 100 men.">j</a></span> who was standing there, “Is it legal for you to whip a Roman citizen who hasn’t been condemned?”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>When the centurion heard this, he went to the tribune and told him, “What are you doing? This man is a Roman citizen!”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So the tribune went and asked Paul,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:27 Lit. him">k</a></span> “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”</p> <p class="reg">“Yes,” he said.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Then the tribune replied, “I paid a lot of money for this citizenship of mine.”</p> <p class="reg">Paul said, “But I was born a citizen.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Immediately those who were about to examine him stepped back, and the tribune was afraid when he found out that Paul<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:29 Lit. he">l</a></span> was a Roman citizen and that he had tied him up.</p> <p class="heading">Paul is Brought before the Jewish Council</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/acts/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The next day, since the tribune<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:30 Lit. he">m</a></span> wanted to find out exactly what Paul<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:30 Lit. he">n</a></span> was being accused of by the Jews, he released him and ordered the high priests and the entire Council<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="22:30 Or Sanhedrin">o</a></span> to meet. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 22:4 The Gk. lacks <i>people</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 22:8 Or <i>Sir</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 22:8 Or <i>Jesus the Nazarene</i>; the Gk. <i>Nazoraios</i> may be a word play between Heb. <i>netser,</i> meaning <i>branch</i> (cf. Isa 11:1), and the name <i>Nazareth.</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 22:14 Lit. <i>the voice of his mouth</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 22:18 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 22:18 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 22:24 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 22:24 Lit. <i>them</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 22:24 Lit. <i>why they</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 22:25 A Roman centurion commanded about 100 men.<br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 22:27 Lit. <i>him</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 22:29 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 22:30 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 22:30 Lit. <i>he</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 22:30 Or <i>Sanhedrin</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../acts/21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Acts 21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Acts 21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../acts/23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Acts 23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Acts 23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/acts/22-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>