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ACTs 22:1–22:21 ©

Paul’s Defense to the Crowd

Paul’s Defense to the Crowd

(Acts 9:1–19, Acts 26:1–23)


22“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.” 2When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew,[fn] they became even more silent.

Then Paul declared, 3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just as zealous for God as any of you here today.


4I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison, 5as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.


6About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me. 7I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’


8‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked.

‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied. 9My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.


10Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’

‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’


11Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus. 12There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there, 13came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.


14Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice. 15You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard. 16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’


17Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance 18and saw the Lord [fn] saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’


19‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You. 20And when the blood of Your witness [fn] Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’


21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”


22:2 Or in Aramaic; literally in the Hebrew language

22:18 Literally saw Him

22:20 Or martyr

ACTs 22:1–22:21 ©

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