22:1 "Brothers
and
fathers,
hear
the
defense
that
I
now
make
before
you."
22:2 And
when
they
heard
that
he
was
addressing
them
in
the
Hebrew
language,
they
became
even
more
quiet.
And
he
said:
22:3 "I
am
a
Jew,
born
in
Tarsus
in
Cilicia,
but
brought
up
in
this
city,
educated
at
the
feet
of
Gamaliel
according
to
the
strict
manner
of
the
law
of
our
fathers,
being
zealous
for
God
as
all
of
you
are
this
day.
22:4 I
persecuted
this
Way
to
the
death,
binding
and
delivering
to
prison
both
men
and
women,
22:5 as
the
high
priest
and
the
whole
council
of
elders
can
bear
me
witness.
From
them
I
received
letters
to
the
brothers,
and
I
journeyed
toward
Damascus
to
take
those
also
who
were
there
and
bring
them
in
bonds
to
Jerusalem
to
be
punished.
22:6 "As
I
was
on
my
way
and
drew
near
to
Damascus,
about
noon
a
great
light
from
heaven
suddenly
shone
around
me.
22:7 And
I
fell
to
the
ground
and
heard
a
voice
saying
to
me,
'Saul,
Saul,
why
are
you
persecuting
me'
22:8 And
I
answered,
'Who
are
you,
Lord'
And
he
said
to
me,
'I
am
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
whom
you
are
persecuting.'
22:9 Now
those
who
were
with
me
saw
the
light
but
did
not
understand
the
voice
of
the
one
who
was
speaking
to
me.
22:10 And
I
said,
'What
shall
I
do,
Lord'
And
the
Lord
said
to
me,
'Rise,
and
go
into
Damascus,
and
there
you
will
be
told
all
that
is
appointed
for
you
to
do.'
22:11 And
since
I
could
not
see
because
of
the
brightness
of
that
light,
I
was
led
by
the
hand
by
those
who
were
with
me,
and
came
into
Damascus.
22:12 "And
one
Ananias,
a
devout
man
according
to
the
law,
well
spoken
of
by
all
the
Jews
who
lived
there,
22:13 came
to
me,
and
standing
by
me
said
to
me,
'Brother
Saul,
receive
your
sight.'
And
at
that
very
hour
I
received
my
sight
and
saw
him.
22:14 And
he
said,
'The
God
of
our
fathers
appointed
you
to
know
his
will,
to
see
the
Righteous
One
and
to
hear
a
voice
from
his
mouth;
22:15 for
you
will
be
a
witness
for
him
to
everyone
of
what
you
have
seen
and
heard.
22:16 And
now
why
do
you
wait
Rise
and
be
baptized
and
wash
away
your
sins,
calling
on
his
name.'
22:17 "When
I
had
returned
to
Jerusalem
and
was
praying
in
the
temple,
I
fell
into
a
trance
22:18 and
saw
him
saying
to
me,
'Make
haste
and
get
out
of
Jerusalem
quickly,
because
they
will
not
accept
your
testimony
about
me.'
22:19 And
I
said,
'Lord,
they
themselves
know
that
in
one
synagogue
after
another
I
imprisoned
and
beat
those
who
believed
in
you.
22:20 And
when
the
blood
of
Stephen
your
witness
was
being
shed,
I
myself
was
standing
by
and
approving
and
watching
over
the
garments
of
those
who
killed
him.'
22:21 And
he
said
to
me,
'Go,
for
I
will
send
you
far
away
to
the
Gentiles.'"
22:22 Up
to
this
word
they
listened
to
him.
Then
they
raised
their
voices
and
said,
"Away
with
such
a
fellow
from
the
earth!
For
he
should
not
be
allowed
to
live."
22:23 And
as
they
were
shouting
and
throwing
off
their
cloaks
and
flinging
dust
into
the
air,
22:24 the
tribune
ordered
him
to
be
brought
into
the
barracks,
saying
that
he
should
be
examined
by
flogging,
to
find
out
why
they
were
shouting
against
him
like
this.
22:25 But
when
they
had
stretched
him
out
for
the
whips,
Paul
said
to
the
centurion
who
was
standing
by,
"Is
it
lawful
for
you
to
flog
a
man
who
is
a
Roman
citizen
and
uncondemned"
22:26 When
the
centurion
heard
this,
he
went
to
the
tribune
and
said
to
him,
"What
are
you
about
to
do
For
this
man
is
a
Roman
citizen."
22:27 So
the
tribune
came
and
said
to
him,
"Tell
me,
are
you
a
Roman
citizen"
And
he
said,
"Yes."
22:28 The
tribune
answered,
"I
bought
this
citizenship
for
a
large
sum."
Paul
said,
"But
I
am
a
citizen
by
birth."
22:29 So
those
who
were
about
to
examine
him
withdrew
from
him
immediately,
and
the
tribune
also
was
afraid,
for
he
realized
that
Paul
was
a
Roman
citizen
and
that
he
had
bound
him.
22:30 But
on
the
next
day,
desiring
to
know
the
real
reason
why
he
was
being
accused
by
the
Jews,
he
unbound
him
and
commanded
the
chief
priests
and
all
the
council
to
meet,
and
he
brought
Paul
down
and
set
him
before
them.