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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"><title>Acts 22 Geneva Bible</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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">Geneva Bible</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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">Geneva Bible of 1587</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/acts/22-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Defense to the Crowd<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../acts/9.htm">Acts 9:1–19</a>; <a href ="../acts/26.htm">Acts 26:1–23</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Ye men, brethren and Fathers, heare my defence nowe towards you.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrewe tongue to them, they kept the more silence, and he sayd)<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I am verely a man, which am a Iew, borne in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought vp in this citie at the feete of Gamaliel, & instructed according to the perfect maner of the Lawe of the Fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And I persecuted this way vnto the death, binding and deliuering into prison both men and women. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>As also ye chiefe Priest doeth beare me witnes, & al the company of the Elders: of whom also I receiued letters vnto the brethren, and went to Damascus to bring them which were there, bound vnto Hierusalem, that they might be punished.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And so it was, as I iourneyed and was come neere vnto Damascus about noone, that suddenly there shone from heauen a great light round about me. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So I fell vnto the earth, and heard a voyce, saying vnto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou mee? <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then I answered, Who art thou, Lorde? And he said to me, I am Iesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Moreouer they that were with me, sawe in deede a light and were afraide: but they heard not the voyce of him that spake vnto me. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then I sayd, What shall I doe, Lord? And the Lorde sayde vnto me, Arise, and goe into Damascus: and there it shall be tolde thee of all things, which are appointed for thee to doe. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So when I could not see for the glory of that light, I was led by the hand of them that were with me, and came into Damascus.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And one Ananias a godly man, as perteining to the Lawe, hauing good report of all the Iewes which dwelt there, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Came vnto me, and stoode, and sayd vnto me, Brother Saul, receiue thy sight: and that same houre I looked vpon him. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And he sayd, The God of our fathers hath appointed thee, that thou shouldest knowe his wil, and shouldest see that Iust one, and shouldest heare the voyce of his mouth. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>For thou shalt be his witnes vnto all men, of the things which thou hast seene and heard. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Now therefore why tariest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sinnes, in calling on 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 came to passe, that when I was come againe to Hierusalem, and prayed in the Temple, I was in a traunce, <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And saw him saying vnto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Hierusalem: for they will not receiue thy witnes concerning me. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Then I sayd, Lord, they know that I prisoned, and beat in euery Synagogue them that beleeued in thee. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And when the blood of thy martyr Steuen was shed, I also stood by, and consented vnto his death, & kept the clothes of them that slew him. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then he sayd vnto me, Depart: for I will send thee farre hence vnto the Gentiles.<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 vnto this worde, but then they lift vp their voyces, and sayd, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not meete that he should liue. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And as they cried & cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the aire, <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The chiefe captaine commanded him to be led into the castle, and bade that he should be scourged, and examined, that he might knowe wherefore they cryed so on him. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And as they bound him with thongs, Paul sayd vnto the Centurion that stood by, Is it lawfull for you to scourge one that is a Romane, and not condemned? <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Nowe when the Centurion heard it, hee went, and tolde the chiefe captaine, saying, Take heede what thou doest: for this man is a Romane. <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Then the chiefe captaine came, and sayd to him, Tel me, art thou a Romane? And he said, Yea. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And the chiefe captaine answered, With a great summe obtained I this freedome. Then Paul sayd, But I was so borne. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then straightway they departed from him, which should haue examined him: and the chiefe captaine also was afrayd, after he knewe that hee was a Romane, and that he had bound him.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>On the next day, because hee would haue knowen the certaintie wherefore he was accused of the Iewes, he loosed him from his bonds, and commaunded the hie Priests and all their Councill to come together: and he brought Paul, and set him before them.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Geneva Bible of 1587<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>