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World English Bible

Acts 22 (WEBP)

[1] “Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”
[2] When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He 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 tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today.
[4] I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,
[5] as also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
[6] “As I made my journey and came close to Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky.
[7] I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
[8] I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’
[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.
[10] I said, ‘What shall 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.’
[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.
[12] “One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,
[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.
[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.
[15] For you will be a witness for him to all men 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.’
[17] “When I had returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in 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.’
[19] I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
[20] When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’
[21] “He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’ ”
[22] They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”
[23] As they cried out, threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,
[24] the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.
[25] When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”
[26] When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”
[27] The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”
[28] The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”
[29] Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.
[30] But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

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King James w/Strong’s #s

Acts 22 (KJVS)

[1] Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye () my defence which I make now unto you.
[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.

Acts 22:29 Or, tortured him

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Acts 22 (BYZ)

[1] Ἄνδρες () ἀδελφοὶ () καὶ () πατέρες, () ἀκούσατέ () μου () τῆς () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς () νυνὶ () ἀπολογίας. ()
[2] Ἀκούσαντες () δὲ () ὅτι () τῇ () Ἑβραί̈δι () διαλέκτῳ () προσεφώνει () αὐτοῖς, () μᾶλλον () παρέσχον () ἡσυχίαν. () Καί () φησιν, ()
[3] Ἐγὼ () μέν () εἰμι () ἀνὴρ () Ἰουδαῖος, () γεγεννημένος () ἐν () Ταρσῷ () τῆς () Κιλικίας, () ἀνατεθραμμένος () δὲ () ἐν () τῇ () πόλει () ταύτῃ () παρὰ () τοὺς () πόδας () Γαμαλιήλ, () πεπαιδευμένος () κατὰ () ἀκρίβειαν () τοῦ () πατρῴου () νόμου, () ζηλωτὴς () ὑπάρχων () τοῦ () θεοῦ, () καθὼς () πάντες () ὑμεῖς () ἐστε () σήμερον· ()
[4] ὃς () ταύτην () τὴν () ὁδὸν () ἐδίωξα () ἄχρι () θανάτου, () δεσμεύων () καὶ () παραδιδοὺς () εἰς () φυλακὰς () ἄνδρας () τε () καὶ () γυναῖκας. ()
[5] Ὡς () καὶ () ὁ () ἀρχιερεὺς () μαρτυρεῖ () μοι, () καὶ () πᾶν () τὸ () πρεσβυτέριον· () παρ’ () ὧν () καὶ () ἐπιστολὰς () δεξάμενος () πρὸς () τοὺς () ἀδελφούς, () εἰς () Δαμασκὸν () ἐπορευόμην, () ἄξων () καὶ () τοὺς () ἐκεῖσε () ὄντας () δεδεμένους () εἰς () Ἱερουσαλήμ, () ἵνα () τιμωρηθῶσιν. ()
[6] Ἐγένετο () δέ () μοι () πορευομένῳ () καὶ () ἐγγίζοντι () τῇ () Δαμασκῷ, () περὶ () μεσημβρίαν, () ἐξαίφνης () ἐκ () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () περιαστράψαι () φῶς () ἱκανὸν () περὶ () ἐμέ. ()
[7] Ἔπεσά () τε () εἰς () τὸ () ἔδαφος, () καὶ () ἤκουσα () φωνῆς () λεγούσης () μοι, () Σαούλ, () Σαούλ, () τί () με () διώκεις; ()
[8] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἀπεκρίθην, () Τίς () εἶ, () κύριε; () Εἶπέν () τε () πρός () με, () Ἐγώ () εἰμι () Ἰησοῦς () ὁ () Ναζωραῖος () ὃν () σὺ () διώκεις. ()
[9] Οἱ () δὲ () σὺν () ἐμοὶ () ὄντες () τὸ () μὲν () φῶς () ἐθεάσαντο, () καὶ () ἔμφοβοι () ἐγένοντο· () τὴν () δὲ () φωνὴν () οὐκ () ἤκουσαν () τοῦ () λαλοῦντός () μοι. ()
[10] Εἶπον () δέ, () Τί () ποιήσω, () κύριε; () Ὁ () δὲ () κύριος () εἶπεν () πρός () με, () Ἀναστὰς () πορεύου () εἰς () Δαμασκόν· () κἀκεῖ () σοι () λαληθήσεται () περὶ () πάντων () ὧν () τέτακταί () σοι () ποιῆσαι. ()
[11] Ὡς () δὲ () οὐκ () ἐνέβλεπον () ἀπὸ () τῆς () δόξης () τοῦ () φωτὸς () ἐκείνου, () χειραγωγούμενος () ὑπὸ () τῶν () συνόντων () μοι, () ἦλθον () εἰς () Δαμασκόν. ()
[12] Ἀνανίας () δέ () τις, () ἀνὴρ () εὐσεβὴς () κατὰ () τὸν () νόμον, () μαρτυρούμενος () ὑπὸ () πάντων () τῶν () κατοικούντων () Ἰουδαίων, ()
[13] ἐλθὼν () πρός () με () καὶ () ἐπιστὰς () εἶπέν () μοι, () Σαοὺλ () ἀδελφέ, () ἀνάβλεψον. () Κἀγὼ () αὐτῇ () τῇ () ὥρᾳ () ἀνέβλεψα () εἰς () αὐτόν. ()
[14] Ὁ () δὲ () εἶπεν, () Ὁ () θεὸς () τῶν () πατέρων () ἡμῶν () προεχειρίσατό () σε () γνῶναι () τὸ () θέλημα () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἰδεῖν () τὸν () δίκαιον, () καὶ () ἀκοῦσαι () φωνὴν () ἐκ () τοῦ () στόματος () αὐτοῦ. ()
[15] Ὅτι () ἔσῃ () μάρτυς () αὐτῷ () πρὸς () πάντας () ἀνθρώπους () ὧν () ἑώρακας () καὶ () ἤκουσας. ()
[16] Καὶ () νῦν () τί () μέλλεις; () Ἀναστὰς () βάπτισαι () καὶ () ἀπόλουσαι () τὰς () ἁμαρτίας () σου, () ἐπικαλεσάμενος () τὸ () ὄνομα () τοῦ () κυρίου. ()
[17] Ἐγένετο () δέ () μοι () ὑποστρέψαντι () εἰς () Ἱερουσαλήμ, () καὶ () προσευχομένου () μου () ἐν () τῷ () ἱερῷ, () γενέσθαι () με () ἐν () ἐκστάσει, ()
[18] καὶ () ἰδεῖν () αὐτὸν () λέγοντά () μοι, () Σπεῦσον () καὶ () ἔξελθε () ἐν () τάχει () ἐξ () Ἱερουσαλήμ· () διότι () οὐ () παραδέξονταί () σου () τὴν () μαρτυρίαν () περὶ () ἐμοῦ. ()
[19] Κἀγὼ () εἶπον, () Κύριε, () αὐτοὶ () ἐπίστανται () ὅτι () ἐγὼ () ἤμην () φυλακίζων () καὶ () δέρων () κατὰ () τὰς () συναγωγὰς () τοὺς () πιστεύοντας () ἐπὶ () σέ· ()
[20] καὶ () ὅτε () ἐξεχεῖτο () τὸ () αἷμα () Στεφάνου () τοῦ () μάρτυρός () σου, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἤμην () ἐφεστὼς () καὶ () συνευδοκῶν () τῇ () ἀναιρέσει () αὐτοῦ, () φυλάσσων () τὰ () ἱμάτια () τῶν () ἀναιρούντων () αὐτόν. ()
[21] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρός () με, () Πορεύου, () ὅτι () ἐγὼ () εἰς () ἔθνη () μακρὰν () ἐξαποστελῶ () σε. ()
[22] Ἤκουον () δὲ () αὐτοῦ () ἄχρι () τούτου () τοῦ () λόγου, () καὶ () ἐπῆραν () τὴν () φωνὴν () αὐτῶν () λέγοντες, () Αἶρε () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γῆς () τὸν () τοιοῦτον· () οὐ () γὰρ () καθῆκεν () αὐτὸν () ζῇν. ()
[23] Κραζόντων () δὲ () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ῥιπτούντων () τὰ () ἱμάτια, () καὶ () κονιορτὸν () βαλλόντων () εἰς () τὸν () ἀέρα, ()
[24] ἐκέλευσεν () αὐτὸν () ὁ () χιλίαρχος () ἄγεσθαι () εἰς () τὴν () παρεμβολήν, () εἰπὼν () μάστιξιν () ἀνετάζεσθαι () αὐτόν, () ἵνα () ἐπιγνῷ () δι’ () ἣν () αἰτίαν () οὕτως () ἐπεφώνουν () αὐτῷ. ()
[25] Ὡς () δὲ () προέτεινεν () αὐτὸν () τοῖς () ἱμᾶσιν, () εἶπεν () πρὸς () τὸν () ἑστῶτα () ἑκατόνταρχον () ὁ () Παῦλος, () Εἰ () ἄνθρωπον () Ῥωμαῖον () καὶ () ἀκατάκριτον () ἔξεστιν () ὑμῖν () μαστίζειν; ()
[26] Ἀκούσας () δὲ () ὁ () ἑκατόνταρχος, () προσελθὼν () ἀπήγγειλεν () τῷ () χιλιάρχῳ () λέγων, () Ὅρα () τί () μέλλεις () ποιεῖν· () ὁ () γὰρ () ἄνθρωπος () οὗτος () Ῥωμαῖός () ἐστιν. ()
[27] Προσελθὼν () δὲ () ὁ () χιλίαρχος () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ, () Λέγε () μοι, () εἰ () σὺ () Ῥωμαῖος () εἶ; () Ὁ () δὲ () ἔφη, () Ναί. ()
[28] Ἀπεκρίθη () τε () ὁ () χιλίαρχος, () Ἐγὼ () πολλοῦ () κεφαλαίου () τὴν () πολιτείαν () ταύτην () ἐκτησάμην. () Ὁ () δὲ () Παῦλος () ἔφη, () Ἐγὼ () δὲ () καὶ () γεγέννημαι. ()
[29] Εὐθέως () οὖν () ἀπέστησαν () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ () οἱ () μέλλοντες () αὐτὸν () ἀνετάζειν. () Καὶ () ὁ () χιλίαρχος () δὲ () ἐφοβήθη, () ἐπιγνοὺς () ὅτι () Ῥωμαῖός () ἐστιν, () καὶ () ὅτι () ἦν () αὐτὸν () δεδεκώς. ()
[30] Τῇ () δὲ () ἐπαύριον () βουλόμενος () γνῶναι () τὸ () ἀσφαλές, () τὸ () τί () κατηγορεῖται () παρὰ () τῶν () Ἰουδαίων, () ἔλυσεν () αὐτὸν () ἀπὸ () τῶν () δεσμῶν, () καὶ () ἐκέλευσεν () ἐλθεῖν () τοὺς () ἀρχιερεῖς () καὶ () ὅλον () τὸ () συνέδριον () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () καταγαγὼν () τὸν () Παῦλον () ἔστησεν () εἰς () αὐτούς. ()

Acts 22:3 N μέν ⇒ -
Acts 22:7 B Ἔπεσά ⇒ Ἔπεσόν
Acts 22:9 N καὶ ἔμφοβοι ἐγένοντο ⇒ -
Acts 22:12 N εὐσεβὴς ⇒ εὐλαβὴς
Acts 22:16 N τοῦ κυρίου ⇒ αὐτοῦ
Acts 22:18 N τὴν ⇒ -
Acts 22:20a N ἐξεχεῖτο ⇒ ἐξεχύννετο
Acts 22:20b N τῇ ἀναιρέσει αὐτοῦ ⇒ καὶ
Acts 22:20c B φυλάσσων ⇒ καὶ φυλάσσων
Acts 22:23a B Κραζόντων ⇒ Κραυγαζόντων
Acts 22:23b N Κραζόντων δὲ ⇒ Κραυγαζόντων τε
Acts 22:24a N αὐτὸν ὁ χιλίαρχος ἄγεσθαι ⇒ ὁ χιλίαρχος εἰσάγεσθαι αὐτὸν
Acts 22:24b N εἰπὼν ⇒ εἴπας
Acts 22:25a B προέτεινεν ⇒ προέτειναν
Acts 22:25b N προέτεινεν ⇒ προέτειναν
Acts 22:26a N ἑκατόνταρχος ⇒ ἑκατοντάρχης
Acts 22:26b N ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ χιλιάρχῳ ⇒ τῷ χιλιάρχῳ ἀπήγγειλεν
Acts 22:26c N Ὅρα ⇒ -
Acts 22:27 N εἰ σὺ ⇒ σὺ
Acts 22:28 N τε ⇒ δὲ
Acts 22:29 N ἦν αὐτὸν ⇒ αὐτὸν ἦν
Acts 22:30a N παρὰ ⇒ ὑπὸ
Acts 22:30b N ἀπὸ τῶν δεσμῶν ⇒ -
Acts 22:30c N ἐλθεῖν ⇒ συνελθεῖν
Acts 22:30d N ὅλον ⇒ πᾶν
Acts 22:30e N αὐτῶν ⇒ -