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And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarite, whom thou drivest out. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And they being with me truly saw the light, and were terrified; but they heard not the voice of him speaking to me. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Having risen, go to Damascus; and there shall be told thee of all which has been arranged for thee to do. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And when I saw not from the glory of that light, led by the hand of them being with me I came to Damascus.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And a certain Ananias, a religious man according to the law, testified of by all the Jews dwelling, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Having come to me, and stood, said to me, Brother Saul, look up. And the same hour I looked up to him. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he said, The God of our fathers took thee in hand, to know his will, and to see the Just, and hear the voice from his mouth. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and hast heard. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And now what art thou about to do having risen, be immersed and wash away thy sins, having called upon the name of the Lord.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And it was to me returning to Jerusalem, and praying in the temple, I was in a deep trance: <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And saw him saying to me, Hasten, and come quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony of me. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And I said, Lord, these know that I was imprisoning and skinning in the synagogues them believing on thee: <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I myself was standing by, and assenting to his murder, and watching the garments of them murdering him. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he said to me, Go: for I will send thee far off to the nations.<p> <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">Paul the Roman Citizen<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And they heard him to this word, and lifted up their voices, saying, Take away such a one from the earth: for it is not suitable for him to live. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And they vociferating, and casting garments away, and throwing a cloud of dust into the air, <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The captain of a thousand commanded him to be brought to the camp, having spoken to examine him by scourges; that he might know for what cause they exclaimed so against him. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And as he held him before with thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing by, Is it lawful to scourge a man a Roman, and uncondemned? <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And the centurion having heard, having come near announced to the captain of a thousand, See what thou art about to do: for this man is a Roman. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And the captain of a thousand having come near, said to him, Tell me if thou art a Roman. And he said, Yes. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And the captain of a thousand answered, I obtained this citizenship for much capital. And Paul said, And I have been born. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then quickly they about to examine him withdrew from him: and the captain of a thousand was afraid, knowing that he is a Roman, and because he had bound him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And on the morrow, wishing to know the certainty that why he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him from bonds, and commanded the chief priests and the whole of their council to come, and having brought down Paul, he set him among them.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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