Acts 22
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Acts 22:4-16

41I persecutedG1377 thisG3778 2WayG3598 to the deathG2288, bindingG1195 and puttingG3860 bothG5037 menG435 and womenG1135 into prisonsG5438, 5as alsoG2532 3the highG749 priestG749 and allG3956 4the CouncilG4244 ofG4244 the eldersG4244 5can testifyG3140. From them I alsoG2532 6receivedG1209 lettersG1992 to 7the brothersG80, and startedG4198 off for 8DamascusG1154 in order to bringG71 evenG2532 thoseG3588 who were thereG1566 to JerusalemG2419 9as prisonersG1210 to be punishedG5097.

6“10But it happenedG1096 that as I wasG4198 onG4198 my wayG4198, approachingG1448 DamascusG1154 at aboutG4012 noonG3314, a veryG2425 brightG2425 lightG5457 suddenlyG1810 flashedG4015 from heavenG3772 allG4015 aroundG4015 me, 7and I fellG4098 to the groundG1475 and heardG191 a voiceG5456 sayingG3004 to me, ‘SaulG4549, SaulG4549, whyG5101 are you persecutingG1377 Me?’ 8And I answeredG611, ‘WhoG5101 are You, LordG2962?’ And He saidG3004 to me, ‘I amG1510 11JesusG2424 the NazareneG3480, whomG3739 you are persecutingG1377.’ 9And thoseG3588 whoG5101 were with me 12sawG2300 the lightG5457, but 13did not 14understandG191 the voiceG5456 of the One who was speakingG2980 to me. 10And I saidG3004, ‘15WhatG5101 shall I doG4160, LordG2962?’ And the LordG2962 saidG3004 to me, ‘GetG450 upG450 and goG4198 onG4198 into DamascusG1154, and thereG2546 you will be toldG2980 aboutG4012 everythingG3956 that has been appointedG5021 for you to doG4160.’ 11But sinceG5613 I 16could not seeG1689 becauseG575 of the 17brightnessG1391 of that lightG5457, I cameG2064 into DamascusG1154 being ledG5496 byG5496 theG5496 handG5496 by thoseG3588 who were with me.

12“NowG1161 a certainG5100 18AnaniasG367, a manG435 who was devoutG2126 by the standardG3358 of the LawG3551 and 19wellG3140 spokenG3140 of by allG3956 the JewsG2453 who livedG2730 there, 13cameG2064 to me, and standingG2186 nearbyG2186 he saidG3004 to me, ‘20BrotherG80 SaulG4549, receiveG308 your sightG308!’ And 2122at that veryG846 momentG5610 I lookedG308 upG308 at him. 14And he saidG3004, ‘23The GodG2316 of our fathersG3962 has 24appointedG4400 you to knowG1097 His willG2307 and to 25seeG3708 the 26RighteousG1342 OneG1342 and to hearG191 a 27messageG5456 from His mouthG4750. 15For you will be 28a witnessG3144 for Him to allG3956 peopleG444 of 29whatG3739 you have seenG3708 and heardG191. 16NowG3568 whyG5101 do you delayG3195? 30GetG450 upG450 and beG907 baptizedG907, and 31washG628 awayG628 your sinsG266 by 32callingG1941 onG1941 His nameG3686.’

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 22:4 Acts 8:3; 22:19f; 26:9-11 ↩
  2. 2. Acts 22:4 Acts 9:2 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 22:5 Acts 9:1 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 22:5 Luke 22:66; Acts 5:21; 1 Tim 4:14 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 22:5 Lit testifies for me ↩
  6. 6. Acts 22:5 Acts 9:2 ↩
  7. 7. Acts 22:5 Acts 2:29; 3:17; 13:26; 23:1; 28:17, 21; Rom 9:3 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 22:5 Acts 9:2 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 22:5 Lit having been bound ↩
  10. 10. Acts 22:6 Acts 22:6-11: Acts 9:3-8; 26:12-18 ↩
  11. 11. Acts 22:8 Acts 26:9 ↩
  12. 12. Acts 22:9 Acts 26:13 ↩
  13. 13. Acts 22:9 Acts 9:7 ↩
  14. 14. Acts 22:9 Or hear (with comprehension) ↩
  15. 15. Acts 22:10 Acts 16:30 ↩
  16. 16. Acts 22:11 Acts 9:8 ↩
  17. 17. Acts 22:11 Lit glory ↩
  18. 18. Acts 22:12 Acts 9:10 ↩
  19. 19. Acts 22:12 Acts 6:3; 10:22 ↩
  20. 20. Acts 22:13 Acts 9:17 ↩
  21. 21. Acts 22:13 Or instantly; lit at the very hour ↩
  22. 22. Acts 22:13 Acts 9:18 ↩
  23. 23. Acts 22:14 Acts 3:13 ↩
  24. 24. Acts 22:14 Acts 9:15; 26:16 ↩
  25. 25. Acts 22:14 Acts 9:17; 26:16; 1 Cor 9:1; 15:8 ↩
  26. 26. Acts 22:14 Acts 7:52 ↩
  27. 27. Acts 22:14 Lit voice ↩
  28. 28. Acts 22:15 Acts 23:11; 26:16 ↩
  29. 29. Acts 22:15 Acts 22:14 ↩
  30. 30. Acts 22:16 Acts 9:18 ↩
  31. 31. Acts 22:16 Acts 2:38; 1 Cor 6:11; Eph 5:26; Heb 10:22 ↩
  32. 32. Acts 22:16 Acts 7:59 ↩

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