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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 Anderson's New Testament</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="../">Anderson</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">Anderson's New Testament</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>Brethren and fathers, hear my defense, which I now make before you.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept the greater silence. And he said:<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, yet educated in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, and instructed according to the strict discipline of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, as you 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 to the death, binding and delivering 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 the chief priest and the whole body of elders will testify for me. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring those, also, who were there, bound to Jerusalem, that they might be punished.<CM><p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>But it came to pass, that, as I was on my journey, and was drawing near to Damascus, about midday, there suddenly shone from heaven a great light round about me; <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And I answered, Who art thou Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you persecute. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>They who were with me saw the light, and were afraid, but did not understand the voice of him who spoke 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, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there you shall be told of all things that are appointed for you to do.<CM> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And as I could not see for the glory of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and went 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 devout man according to the law, who had a good report from all the Jews that dwelt there, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>came to me, and standing by me, said, Brother Saul, receive your sight. And the same hour I looked upon 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 has chosen you, that you should know his will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice of his mouth; <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>for you shall be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And now, why do you delay? Arise, and be immersed, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.<CM><p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And it came to pass, after I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, that I was in a 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, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I threw into prison, and scourged, in every synagogue, those who believed on thee; <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and that when the blood of Stephen, thy witness, was shed, I also stood by and approved, and kept the clothing of those who slew him. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far off to the Gentiles.<CM><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 voice, saying: Away with such a man from the earth! for it is not fit that he should live. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And as they were crying out, and tossing off their clothes, and throwing dust into the air, <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>the officer commanded him to be led into the fortress, and gave orders that he should be examined by scourging, that he might know for what cause they so cried out against him. <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>But Paul said to the centurion who stood by, as he caused him to be bent forward to the straps: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and uncondemned? <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And when the centurion heard that, he went out and told it to the officer, saying: "What are you 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 officer came and said to him: Tell me, are you a Roman? He answered: Yes. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And the officer answered: With a great sum did I purchase this citizenship. And Paul replied: But I was born a citizen. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then, those who were about to examine him, immediately departed from him. And the officer was afraid, when he learned that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.<CM><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/acts/22-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>And, on the next day, wishing to know certainly why he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to meet together. 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