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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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v44_22_1"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.1" class="v44_22_1">1</span>“My fellow Jews, listen to me as I make my defense before you!” </span><span class="v44_22_2"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.2" class="v44_22_2">2</span>When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they became even quieter; and Paul went on:</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_22_3"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.3" class="v44_22_3">3</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.22.3!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up here in Jerusalem as a student of Gamaliel. I received strict instruction in the Law of our ancestors and was just as dedicated to God as are all of you who are here today. </span><span class="v44_22_4"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.4" class="v44_22_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.22.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I persecuted to the death the people who followed this Way. I arrested men and women and threw them into prison. </span><span class="v44_22_5"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.5" class="v44_22_5">5</span>The High Priest and the whole Council can prove that I am telling the truth. I received from them letters written to fellow Jews in Damascus, so I went there to arrest these people and bring them back in chains to Jerusalem to be punished.</span></p><h3 class="s">Paul Tells of His Conversion</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="ACT 9:1-19">Acts 9.1-19</ref>; <ref loc="ACT 26:12-18">26.12-18</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v44_22_6"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.6" class="v44_22_6">6</span>“As I was traveling and coming near Damascus, about midday a bright light from the sky flashed suddenly around me. </span><span class="v44_22_7"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.7" class="v44_22_7">7</span>I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?’ </span><span class="v44_22_8"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.8" class="v44_22_8">8</span>‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute,’ he said to me. </span><span class="v44_22_9"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.9" class="v44_22_9">9</span>The men with me saw the light, but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me. </span><span class="v44_22_10"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.10" class="v44_22_10">10</span>I asked, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ and the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything that God has determined for you to do.’ </span><span class="v44_22_11"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.11" class="v44_22_11">11</span>I was blind because of the bright light, and so my companions took me by the hand and led me into Damascus.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_22_12"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.12" class="v44_22_12">12</span>“In that city was a man named Ananias, a religious man who obeyed our Law and was highly respected by all the Jews living there. </span><span class="v44_22_13"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.13" class="v44_22_13">13</span>He came to me, stood by me, and said, ‘Brother Saul, see again!’ At that very moment I saw again and looked at him. </span><span class="v44_22_14"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.14" class="v44_22_14">14</span>He said, ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will, to see his righteous Servant, and to hear him speaking with his own voice. </span><span class="v44_22_15"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.15" class="v44_22_15">15</span>For you will be a witness for him to tell everyone what you have seen and heard. </span><span class="v44_22_16"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.16" class="v44_22_16">16</span>And now, why wait any longer? Get up and be baptized and have your sins washed away by praying to him.’</span></p><h3 class="s">Paul's Call to Preach to the Gentiles</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_22_17"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.17" class="v44_22_17">17</span>“I went back to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the Temple, I had a vision, </span><span class="v44_22_18"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.18" class="v44_22_18">18</span>in which I saw the Lord, as he said to me, ‘Hurry and leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your witness about me.’ </span><span class="v44_22_19"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.19" class="v44_22_19">19</span>‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that I went to the synagogues and arrested and beat those who believe in you. </span><span class="v44_22_20"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.20" class="v44_22_20">20</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Acts.22.20!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> And when your witness Stephen was put to death, I myself was there, approving of his murder and taking care of the cloaks of his murderers.’ </span><span class="v44_22_21"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.21" class="v44_22_21">21</span>‘Go,’ the Lord said to me, ‘for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_22_22"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.22" class="v44_22_22">22</span>The people listened to Paul until he said this; but then they started shouting at the top of their voices, “Away with him! Kill him! He's not fit to live!” </span><span class="v44_22_23"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.23" class="v44_22_23">23</span>They were screaming, waving their clothes, and throwing dust up in the air. </span><span class="v44_22_24"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.24" class="v44_22_24">24</span>The Roman commander ordered his men to take Paul into the fort, and he told them to whip him in order to find out why the Jews were screaming like this against him. </span><span class="v44_22_25"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.25" class="v44_22_25">25</span>But when they had tied him up to be whipped, Paul said to the officer standing there, “Is it lawful for you to whip a Roman citizen who hasn't even been tried for any crime?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_22_26"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.26" class="v44_22_26">26</span>When the officer heard this, he went to the commander and asked him, “What are you doing? That man is a Roman citizen!”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_22_27"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.27" class="v44_22_27">27</span>So the commander went to Paul and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_22_27">“Yes,” answered Paul.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_22_28"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.28" class="v44_22_28">28</span>The commander said, “I became one by paying a large amount of money.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_22_28">“But I am one by birth,” Paul answered.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v44_22_29"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.29" class="v44_22_29">29</span>At once the men who were going to question Paul drew back from him; and the commander was frightened when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had put him in chains.</span></p><h3 class="s">Paul before the Council</h3><p class="par"><span class="v44_22_30"><span class="reftext" id="Acts.22.30" class="v44_22_30">30</span>The commander wanted to find out for sure what the Jews were accusing Paul of; so the next day he had Paul's chains taken off and ordered the chief priests and the whole Council to meet. 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