Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
`
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear my defence now unto you ;'
--
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye
my defence which
I
make
now unto you .
and they having
heard that in the Hebrew dialect
he
was
speaking
to them, gave
the more silence ,
and he saith, --
(
And when
they heard that he
spake
in the Hebrew tongue
to them, they
kept
the more silence :
and he saith, )
`
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 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.
`
And this
way
I persecuted unto death, binding and delivering up
to
prisons both men and women ,
And I persecuted this
way
unto the
death, binding and delivering into
prisons both men and women .
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 ,
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 .
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 ,
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 .
I fell also
to
the ground, and I
heard a voice saying to
me, Saul, Saul, why me
dost
thou persecute
?
And
I fell unto
the ground, and heard a voice saying unto
me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest
thou me
?
`
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the
Nazarene
whom thou dost
persecute
--
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of
Nazareth,
whom thou persecutest.
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 --
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 .
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.
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.
`
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 ,
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 .
and a
certain
one ,
Ananias, a pious
man according to the law, being
testified
to
by
all the Jews dwelling
`
there '
,
And one Ananias, a devout
man according to the law, having
a
good
report
of
all the Jews which
dwelt
there,
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 ;
Came
unto me ,
and stood, and
said unto
me, Brother Saul
, receive
thy
sight.
And the same hour I
looked
up upon
him .
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 ,
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 .
because
thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard ;
For
thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard .
and now ,
why tarriest thou? having
risen
, baptize
thyself
, and wash away thy sins, calling upon
the name of the Lord.
And now why tarriest thou? arise
, and
be
baptized
, and wash away thy sins, calling on
the name of the Lord.
`
And it came to pass when I returned
to Jerusalem, and
while I was
praying
in the temple, I came
into
a trance ,
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 ;
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 ;
And saw him saying unto
me, Make
haste ,
and get
thee
quickly
out of Jerusalem :
for
they will not receive thy testimony concerning me .
and I said, Lord, they --
they
know that I was
imprisoning
and was
scourging
in every synagogue those
believing
on thee ;
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned
and beat
in every synagogue them
that
believed
on thee :
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;
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 .
and he said unto me, Go,
because
to
nations
far
off
I will send thee. '
And he said unto me, Depart:
for
I will send thee far
hence
unto
the
Gentiles
.
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. '
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.
And they crying
out and casting
up
their garments
, and throwing
dust into the air,
And as
they cried
out ,
and cast
off
their clothes
, and threw
dust into the air,
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.
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.
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 ;'
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?
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 ;'
When
the centurion heard that
, he
went
and
told
the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest:
for this man is a Roman .
and
the chief captain having
come
near
, said to
him, `
Tell me, art thou a Roman? '
and
he said, `Yes;'
Then
the chief captain came
, and
said unto
him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
and the chief captain answered, `I,
with a great sum ,
did
obtain
this citizenship;'
but
Paul said, `
But I have
been
even
born `so'
. '
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained
I
this freedom.
And
Paul said, But I was
free
born.
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 ,
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 .
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.
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.
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