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And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.
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And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
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And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.
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And he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles.
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And they gave him audience to this word, and [then] lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a [man] from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
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And as they cried out, and cast off [their] clothes, and threw dust into the air,
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The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know for what cause they cried so against him.
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And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
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When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest; for this man is a Roman.
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Then the chief captain came, and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yes.
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And the chief captain answered, With a great sum I obtained this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born.