Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
“Brothers
and fathers, listen
now
to
my defense
before
you .”
`Men,
brethren,
and fathers, hear
my defence
now
unto
you ;'
--
When
they heard him
speak
to
them
in Hebrew, they
became
even
more silent.
Then
Paul
declared
,
and
they having
heard that
in the
Hebrew dialect
he
was
speaking
to
them
, gave
the
more silence
, and
he
saith,
--
“
I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but
raised
in this city .
I
was
educated
at the feet of Gamaliel in
strict
conformity
to the law of our
fathers .
I
am
just
as
zealous for
God as any
of
you
here
today
.
`
I ,
indeed,
am a man,
a
Jew, having
been
born in Tarsus of Cilicia, and
brought
up
in this city at the feet of Gamaliel ,
having
been
taught
according
to the exactitude
of
a
law of the
fathers ,
being
zealous of
God ,
as all
ye
are
to-day
.
I
persecuted
this Way even
to
the
death, detaining
both men and women and
throwing
them
into
prison
,
`And
this way I
persecuted
unto
death, binding
and
delivering
up
to
prisons
both men and women,
as the high
priest and
the
whole
Council
can
testify about
me .
I
even
obtained
letters
from them
to their
brothers
in
Damascus, and
I was on my
way
to apprehend
these
people
and
bring them
to Jerusalem to
be punished .
as also
the chief
priest doth
testify to
me ,
and
all
the
eldership;
from whom
also
having
received
letters
unto
the
brethren,
to Damascus, I was going
on ,
to bring also
those
there
bound
to Jerusalem that
they
might
be punished ,
About noon as
I
was
approaching
Damascus
, suddenly a bright
light from
heaven
flashed
around
me .
and
it
came
to
pass,
in
my
going
on
and
coming
nigh
to
Damascus,
about noon, suddenly out
of
the
heaven
there
shone
a great
light round
about
me ,
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say
to me, ‘
Saul, Saul, why do
you
persecute
Me? ’
I fell also
to the ground ,
and I
heard a voice saying
to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost
thou
persecute
?
‘
Who are
You
, Lord? ’
I
asked.
‘
I am Jesus of
Nazareth,
whom you
are
persecuting,’
He
replied.
`And
I
answered,
Who art
thou
, Lord? and
he
said
unto
me,
I am Jesus the
Nazarene
whom thou
dost
persecute
--
My
companions
saw
the light, but
they
could
not
understand
the voice of the
One
speaking to me .
and
they
who
are
with
me
the light did
see
, and
became
afraid,
and
the voice they
heard
not
of him
who
is
speaking to me --
Then
I asked
, ‘
What should
I do, Lord? ’
‘Get
up
and go into
Damascus, ’
He
told
me.
‘
There you
will
be told all that you
have been appointed to do. ’
and
I said
, What shall
I do, Lord? and the
Lord
said
unto
me,
Having
risen,
go on
to
Damascus, and
there it
shall
be told thee
concerning
all things
that have been appointed for
thee
to do.
Because
the brilliance
of the
light had
blinded
me
, my
companions
led me
by the hand into
Damascus .
`And
when
I
did
not
see
from
the glory
of that
light, being
led by the hand by
those
who
are
with
me,
I
came
to
Damascus ,
There
a man
named
Ananias, a devout
observer
of
the law who
was
highly
regarded
by all the Jews living
there,
and
a certain
one,
Ananias, a pious
man
according
to
the law ,
being
testified
to
by all the Jews dwelling
`
there '
,
came
and stood beside
me .
‘Brother
Saul
, ’
he
said, ‘receive
your
sight.’
And at
that
moment
I could
see
him .
having
come
unto
me
and stood by
`
me '
, said to
me
, Saul,
brother,
look
up;
and I the
same
hour
did
look
up
to
him ;
Then
he said, ‘
The God of our fathers has
appointed
you
to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His
voice .
and
he said, The God of our fathers did
choose
thee
beforehand
to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a
voice out
of
his
mouth,
You
will
be His witness to
everyone
of what you
have
seen and heard .
because
thou
shalt
be his witness unto
all
men
of what thou
hast
seen and heard ;
And now what
are
you
waiting
for
? Get
up
, be
baptized
, and wash your
sins
away, calling on
His
name. ’
and now ,
why
tarriest
thou
? having
risen
, baptize
thyself
, and wash away thy
sins
, calling upon
the
name of
the
Lord
.
Later,
when I had
returned to Jerusalem and was praying at
the temple, I fell
into a trance
`And
it
came
to
pass
when I returned to Jerusalem ,
and while
I
was praying in
the temple, I came
into a trance ,
and saw the
Lord
saying to me, ‘Hurry!
Leave
Jerusalem quickly
, because the
people
here
will not accept
your
testimony about
Me .’
and I
saw him
saying to me, Haste
and
go
forth
in
haste
out
of
Jerusalem, because they
will not receive
thy
testimony concerning
me ;
‘Lord,’
I answered
, ‘
they know very
well
that in
one
synagogue
after
another
I imprisoned
and beat
those
who
believed
in You.
and
I said
, Lord,
they --
they
know that I was
imprisoning
and was
scourging
in every
synagogue
those
believing
on
thee;
And when the blood of Your
witness Stephen was shed
, I stood
there
giving
my
approval
and watching
over
the garments of those who
killed
him .’
and when the blood of thy
witness Stephen was being
poured
forth
, I also
was
standing
by
and assenting
to
his
death,
and
keeping
the garments of those putting
him to
death;
Then
He said to
me, ‘
Go !
I will send you
far
away
to
the
Gentiles
. ’”
and
he said unto
me, Go ,
because
to
nations
far
off
I will send thee
. '
The
crowd
listened
to
Paul
until
he
made
this statement.
Then
they lifted up their voices
and
shouted
, “Rid
the earth of
him!
He
is not fit to live !”
And
they
were
hearing
him
unto
this word,
and
they lifted up their voice
, saying,
`Away
from
the earth with
such
an
one;
for
it
is not fit for
him
to live .'
As
they were
shouting
and throwing
off
their cloaks
and tossing
dust into the air,
And
they crying
out
and casting
up
their garments,
and throwing
dust into the air,
the commander
ordered
that
Paul
be brought into the barracks.
He
directed
that
Paul
be flogged
and
interrogated
to
determine
the
reason
for this
outcry
against him.
the chief
captain
commanded
him
to
be brought into the castle,
saying,
`By
scourges
let
him
be examined;'
that
he
might
know
for what
cause
they
were
crying
so
against him.
But
as they
stretched
him
out
to
strap
him down
, Paul said to
the centurion standing there
, “
Is it lawful for
you to flog
a
Roman
citizen
without
a
trial?”
And
as he
was
stretching
him with
the
thongs
, Paul said unto
the centurion who
was
standing by
, `A
man,
a
Roman,
uncondemned
--
is it lawful to
you to scourge;'
On
hearing
this,
the centurion went
and
reported
it
to the commander.
“
What are
you
going
to do ?”
he
said.
“
This man is a Roman citizen.”
and
the centurion having
heard,
having
gone
near
to the chief
captain,
told,
saying,
`Take
heed
what thou
art
about
to do ,
for
this man is a Roman ;'
The commander
went
to Paul
and
asked
, “
Tell me, are
you
a Roman citizen
? ”
“Yes,”
he answered.
and
the chief
captain
having
come
near,
said
to him
, `
Tell me, art
thou
a Roman? '
and
he said,
`Yes;'
“
I paid
a high
price
for
my
citizenship
, ”
said the
commander.
“
But I was
born a
citizen,”
Paul
replied
.
and
the
chief
captain
answered,
`
I ,
with
a great
sum
, did
obtain
this
citizenship;'
but
Paul
said ,
`
But I have
been
even
born `so'
. '
Then
those
who were
about to interrogate
Paul
stepped
back
, and the commander
himself
was alarmed
when
he
realized
that he had
put
a Roman citizen
in
chains.
Immediately,
therefore,
they
departed
from
him
who are
about to examine
him
, and the chief
captain
also
was afraid,
having
learned
that he is
a Roman ,
and
because
he
had
bound
him,
The
next
day
the commander
, wanting
to learn
the real
reason
Paul
was
accused by the Jews, released
him and ordered
the chief priests and the
whole
Sanhedrin
to assemble.
Then
he
brought Paul
down and
had
him stand
before them.
and
on
the morrow
, intending
to know
the certainty
wherefore
he
is
accused by the Jews, he
did
loose
him from
the
bonds,
and commanded
the chief priests and all
their
sanhedrim
to come,
and
having
brought down Paul,
he
set
`
him '
before them.
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