2 And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them they kept the more silence and he saith
3 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 4 And I persecuted this way unto the death binding and delivering into prisons both men and women 5 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
6 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 7 And I fell unto the ground and heard a voice saying unto me Saul Saul why persecutest thou me 8 And I answered Who art thou Lord And he said unto me I am Jesus of Nazareth whom thou persecutest 9 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 10 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 11 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
12 And one Ananias a devout man according to the law having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there 13 Came unto me and stood and said unto me Brother Saul receive thy sight And the same hour I looked up upon him 14 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 15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard 16 And now why tarriest thou arise and be baptized and wash away thy sins calling on the name of the Lord
17 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 18 And saw him saying unto me Make haste and get thee quickly __ out of Jerusalem for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me 19 And I said Lord they know that I imprisoned __ and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee 20 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 21 And he said unto me Depart for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles
22 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 23 And as they cried out and cast off their clothes and threw dust into the air 24 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 25 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 26 When the centurion heard that he went and told the chief captain saying Take heed what thou doest __ for this man is a Roman 27 Then the chief captain came and said unto him Tell me __ art thou a Roman He said Yea 28 And the chief captain answered With a great sum obtained I this freedom And Paul said But I __ was free born 29 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
30 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
