Acts 22:1-5
PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE JEWS. Acts 21:40 ; Acts 22:1 Concerning Paul's early life and persecution of the Church:... [ Continue Reading ]
PAUL'S SPEECH TO THE JEWS. Acts 21:40 ; Acts 22:1 Concerning Paul's early life and persecution of the Church:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN HE HAD GIVEN HIM LICENSE, PAUL STOOD ON THE STAIRS, AND BECKONED WITH THE HAND UNTO THE PEOPLE. AND WHEN THERE WAS MADE A GREAT SILENCE, HE SPAKE UNTO THEM IN THE HEBREW TONGUE, SAYING, Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I make now unto you.... [ Continue Reading ]
(AND WHEN THEY HEARD THAT HE SPAKE IN THE HEBREW TONGUE TO THEM, THEY KEPT THE MORE SILENCE; AND HE SAITH,)... [ Continue Reading ]
I AM VERILY A MAN WHICH AM A JEW, BORN IN TARSUS, A CITY IN CILICIA, YET BROUGHT UP IN THIS CITY AT THE FEET OF GAMALIEL, AND TAUGHT ACCORDING TO THE PERFECT MANNER OF THE LAW OF THE FATHERS, AND WAS ZEALOUS TOWARD GOD, AS YE ALL ARE THIS DAY.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I PERSECUTED THIS WAY UNTO THE DEATH, BINDING AND DELIVERING INTO PRISONS BOTH MEN AND WOMEN,... [ Continue Reading ]
AS ALSO THE HIGH PRIEST DOTH BEAR ME WITNESS, AND ALL THE ESTATE OF THE ELDERS, FROM WHOM ALSO I RECEIVED LETTERS UNTO THE BRETHREN, AND WENT TO DAMASCUS TO BRING THEM WHICH WERE THERE BOUND UNTO JERUSALEM FOR TO BE PUNISHED. The commander of the garrison granted the request of Paul to speak to the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT, AS I MADE MY JOURNEY, AND WAS COME NIGH UNTO DAMASCUS ABOUT NOON, SUDDENLY THERE SHONE FROM HEAVEN A GREAT LIGHT ROUND ABOUT ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
The vision on the way:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I FELL UNTO THE GROUND, AND HEARD A VOICE SAYING UNTO ME, SAUL, SAUL, WHY PERSECUTEST THOU ME?... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I ANSWERED, WHO ART THOU, LORD? AND HE SAID UNTO ME, I AM JESUS OF NAZARETH, WHOM THOU PERSECUTEST.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY THAT WERE WITH ME SAW INDEED THE LIGHT AND WERE AFRAID, BUT THEY HEARD NOT THE VOICE OF HIM THAT SPAKE TO ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I SAID, WHAT SHALL I DO, LORD? AND THE LORD SAID UNTO ME, ARISE AND GO INTO DAMASCUS; AND THERE IT SHALL BE TOLD THEE OF ALL THINGS WHICH ARE APPOINTED FOR THEE TO DO.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN I COULD NOT SEE FOR THE GLORY OF THAT LIGHT, BEING LED BY THE HAND OF THEM THAT WERE WITH ME, I CAME INTO DAMASCUS. The first part of Paul's address was intended not only to awaken sympathy for himself, but also curiosity as to the reason for his having changed so entirely in his views. The... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ONE ANANIAS, A DEVOUT MAN ACCORDING TO THE LAW, HAVING A GOOD REPORT OF ALL THE JEWS WHICH DWELT THERE,... [ Continue Reading ]
Paul and Ananias:... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME UNTO ME, AND STOOD, AND SAID UNTO ME, BROTHER SAUL, RECEIVE THY SIGHT. AND THE SAME HOUR I LOOKED UP UPON HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID, THE GOD OF OUR FATHERS HATH CHOSEN THEE THAT THOU SHOULDEST KNOW HIS WILL AND SEE THAT JUST ONE, AND SHOULDEST HEAR THE VOICE OF HIS MOUTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THOU SHALT BE HIS WITNESS UNTO ALL MEN OF WHAT THOU HAST SEEN AND HEARD.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND NOW, WHY TARRIEST THOU? ARISE, AND BE BAPTIZED, AND WASH AWAY THY SINS, CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD. Paul here from his personal experience, from the events which had been impressed upon his mind with indelible characters, gives a fuller account of the words of Ananias than that which had be... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord's direct command to Paul:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT CAME TO PASS THAT, WHEN I WAS COME AGAIN TO JERUSALEM, EVEN WHILE I PRAYED IN THE TEMPLE, I WAS IN A TRANCE;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND SAW HIM SAYING UNTO ME, MAKE HASTE AND GET THEE QUICKLY OUT OF JERUSALEM; FOR THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE THY TESTIMONY CONCERNING ME.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I SAID, LORD, THEY KNOW THAT I IMPRISONED AND BEAT IN EVERY SYNAGOGUE THEM THAT BELIEVED ON THEE;... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE BLOOD OF THY MARTYR STEPHEN WAS SHED, I ALSO WAS STANDING BY, AND CONSENTING UNTO HIS DEATH, AND KEPT THE RAIMENT OF THEM THAT SLEW HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE SAID UNTO ME, DEPART; FOR I WILL SEND THEE FAR HENCE UNTO THE GENTILES. Paul had intended his last words to win a favorable consideration of his cause, by showing tile Jews that he, who had been a persecutor like themselves, had been changed to a believer and advocate of Jesus of Nazareth by... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY GAVE HIM AUDIENCE UNTO THIS WORD, AND THEN LIFTED UP THEIR VOICES AND SAID, AWAY WITH SUCH A FELLOW FROM THE EARTH; FOR IT IS NOT FIT THAT HE SHOULD LIVE.... [ Continue Reading ]
PAUL AND THE CHIEF CAPTAIN. Paul asserts his citizenship:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AS THEY CRIED OUT, AND CAST OFF THEIR CLOTHES, AND THREW DUST INTO THE AIR,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHIEF CAPTAIN COMMANDED HIM TO BE BROUGHT INTO THE CASTLE, AND BADE THAT HE SHOULD BE EXAMINED BY SCOURGING, THAT HE MIGHT KNOW WHEREFORE THEY CRIED SO AGAINST HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AS THEY BOUND HIM WITH THONGS, PAUL SAID UNTO THE CENTURION THAT STOOD BY, IS IT LAWFUL FOR YOU TO SCOURGE A MAN THAT IS A ROMAN, AND UNCONDEMNED?... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN THE CENTURION HEARD THAT, HE WENT AND TOLD THE CHIEF CAPTAIN, SAYING, TAKE HEED WHAT THOU DOEST; FOR THIS MAN IS A ROMAN.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN THE CHIEF CAPTAIN CAME AND SAID UNTO HIM, TELL ME, ART THOU A ROMAN? HE SAID, YEA.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE CHIEF CAPTAIN ANSWERED, WITH A GREAT SUM OBTAINED I THIS FREEDOM. AND PAUL SAID, BUT I WAS FREE-BORN. Paul's simple declaration of fact that he was called by the Lord by a direct revelation to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles threw the fanatical Jews into a perfect frenzy of fury. Up to thi... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN STRAIGHTWAY THEY DEPARTED FROM HIM WHICH SHOULD HAVE EXAMINED HIM; AND THE CHIEF CAPTAIN ALSO WAS AFRAID AFTER HE KNEW THAT HE WAS A ROMAN, AND BECAUSE HE HAD BOUND HIM.... [ Continue Reading ]
Arrangements for a decent hearing:... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THE MORROW, BECAUSE HE WOULD HAVE KNOWN THE CERTAINTY WHEREFORE HE WAS ACCUSED OF THE JEWS, HE LOOSED HIM FROM HIS BANDS, AND COMMANDED THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ALL THEIR COUNCIL TO APPEAR, AND BROUGHT PAUL DOWN, AND SET HIM BEFORE THEM. The declaration of Paul that he was a free-born Roman citizen... [ Continue Reading ]