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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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"><title>Acts 22 WEY</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WEY</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">Weymouth New testament</div><div class="chap"><a name="1" id="1"></a><p class="hdg">Paul's Defense to the Crowd<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../acts/9.htm">Acts 9:1-9</a>; <a href="../acts/26.htm">Acts 26:1-23</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>"Brethren and fathers," he said, "listen to my defence which I now make before you."</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And on hearing him address them in Hebrew, they kept all the more quiet; and he said,</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>"I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I was carefully trained at the feet of Gamaliel in the Law of our forefathers, and, like all of you to-day, was zealous for God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I persecuted to death this new faith, continually binding both men and women and throwing them into prison; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>as the High Priest also and all the Elders can bear me witness. It was, too, from them that I received letters to the brethren in Damascus, and I was already on my way to Damascus, intending to bring those also who had fled there, in chains to Jerusalem, to be punished.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>"But on my way, when I was now not far from Damascus, about noon a sudden blaze of light from Heaven shone round me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, "'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?' <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>"'Who art thou, Lord?' I asked. "'I am Jesus, the Nazarene,' He replied, 'whom you are persecuting.' <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>"Now the men who were with me, though they saw the light, did not hear the words of Him who spoke to me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And I asked, "'What am I to do, Lord?' "And the Lord said to me, "'Rise, and go into Damascus. There you shall be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.' <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>"And as I could not see because the light had been so dazzling, those who were with me had to lead me by the arm, and so I came to Damascus.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>"And a certain Ananias, a pious man who obeyed the Law and bore a good character with all the Jews of the city, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>came to me and standing at my side said, "'Brother Saul, recover your sight.' "I instantly regained my sight and looked up at him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then he said, 'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the righteous One and hear Him speak. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For you shall be a witness for Him, to all men, of what you have seen and heard. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And now why delay? Rise, get yourself baptized, and wash off your sins, calling upon His name.'</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>"After my return to Jerusalem, and while praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I saw Jesus, and He said to me, "'Make haste and leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.' <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>"'Lord,' I replied, 'they themselves well know how active I was in imprisoning, and in flogging in synagogue after synagogue those who believe in Thee; <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and when they were shedding the blood of Stephen, Thy witness, I was standing by, fully approving of it, and I held the clothes of those who were killing him.' <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>"'Go,' He replied; 'I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'"</p> <p class="hdg">Paul the Roman Citizen</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Until they heard this last statement the people listened to Paul, but now with a roar of disapproval they cried out, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He ought not to be allowed to live." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And when they continued their furious shouts, throwing their clothes into the air and flinging dust about, <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>the Tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and be examined by flogging, in order to ascertain the reason why they thus cried out against him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But, when they had tied him up with the straps, Paul said to the Captain who stood by, "Does the Law permit you to flog a Roman citizen—and one too who is uncondemned?" <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>On hearing this question, the Captain went to report the matter to the Tribune. "What are you intending to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen." <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>So the Tribune came to Paul and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>"I paid a large sum for my citizenship," said the Tribune. "But I was born free," said Paul. <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>So the men who had been on the point of putting him under torture immediately left him. And the Tribune, too, was frightened when he learnt that Paul was a Roman citizen, for he had had him bound.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The next day, wishing to know exactly what charge was being brought against him by the Jews, the Tribune ordered his chains to be removed; and, having sent word to the High Priests and all the Sanhedrin to assemble, he brought Paul down and made him stand before them.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Weymouth New testament<br /><br /><a href="//intbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy INT Bible<br />© 2012, Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><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><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/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 src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>