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Acts 22:1-21

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1 "Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you."
1 “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense.”
2 When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,
2 When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet. Then Paul said:
3 "I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict manner of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.
3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
4 I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,
5 As also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and journeyed to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
5 as the high priest and all the Council can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associates in Damascus, and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
6 It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.
6 “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.
7 I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'
7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’
8 I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'
8 “ ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. “ ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ he replied.
9 Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn't understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
9 My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who was speaking to me.
10 I said, 'What will I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.'
10 “ ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked. “ ‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’
11 When I couldn't see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
11 My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me.
12 One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived there,
12 “A man named Ananias came to see me. He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there.
13 came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' In that very hour I looked up at him.
13 He stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And at that very moment I was able to see him.
14 He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
14 “Then he said: ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear words from his mouth.
15 For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
15 You will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard.
16 Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.'
16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized and wash your sins away, calling on his name.’
17 It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,
17 “When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
18 and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.'
18 and saw the Lord speaking to me. ‘Quick!’ he said. ‘Leave Jerusalem immediately, because the people here will not accept your testimony about me.’
19 I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
19 “ ‘Lord,’ I replied, ‘these people know that I went from one synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe in you.
20 When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.'
20 And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the clothes of those who were killing him.’
21 He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you forth far from here to the Gentiles.'"
21 “Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ”
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