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And it came to pass, when I was come again to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance,
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And saw him saying unto me: Make haste and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: because they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
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And I said: Lord, they know that I cast into prison and beat in every synagogue them that believed in thee.
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And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I stood by and consented: and kept the garments of them that killed him.
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And he said to me: Go, for unto the Gentiles afar off will I send thee.
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And they heard him until this word and then lifted up their voice, saying: Away with such an one from the earth. For it is not fit that he should live.
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And as they cried out and threw off their garments and cast dust into the air,
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The tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and that he should be scourged and tortured: to know for what cause they did so cry out against him.
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And when they had bound him with thongs, Paul saith to the centurion that stood by him: Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman and uncondemned?
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Which the centurion hearing, went to the tribune and told him, saying: What art thou about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.
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And the tribune coming, said to him: Tell me. Art thou a Roman? But he said: Yea.