Paul speaks

followed after, cry- A. D. 60. ing, d Away with him.

d oh. 22.22. Lu. 25. 18.

Ph. 3. 5.

37 And as Paul was Jno. 19. 15. to be led into the + This Egypcastle, he said unto tian rose the chief captain, A. D. 55. May I speak unto e ch. 5. 36. thee? Who said, Canst f ch. 9. 11. thou speak Greek? & 22. 3. 38 Art not thoug ch. 12. 17 that Egyptian,twhich a ch. 7. 2. before these days b ch. 21. 39. madest an uproar, and 2Co.11.22. leddest out into the wilderness four thou-e De. 33. 3. sand men that were 2 Ki.4.38. murderers? Lu. 10. 39. 39 But Paul said,d ch. 5. 34. If am a man which e ch. 26.5. am a Jew of Tarsus, fch. 21. 20. a city in Cilicia, a Ga. 1. 14. citizen of no mean g Ro. 10. 2. city and, 1 beseech h ch. 8. 3. thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. 40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and g bec-k koned with the hand unto the people. And 1 when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,

& 26. 9, 10, 11. Ph. 3. 6.

1 Ti. 1. 13. ich. 4. 5. Lu. 22. 66. ch. 9. 2. & 26. 10. ch. 9. 3. & 26, 12, 13.

12.

ver. 3times the In those

scholars sat CHAP. XXII. upon the ground, or 1 MEN, a brethren, low seats, and fathers, hear ye the teacher my defence which I on a sort of make now unto you. 2 (And when they

throne.-See Scott.

for himself.

heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

3bI 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 f was zealous toward God, as 8 ye all are this day.

4h And I persecu ted 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 i all the estate of the elders: from k 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.

He relates

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.

A. D. 60. sight.

m ch, 9. 7.

Da. 10. 7. n ch. 9. 17.

ch. 10 22. 3 Jno. 12. 1 Ti. 3.7. q ch. 3. 13.

2 Co. 6. 8.

p

& 5, 30.

9 And they that were with me 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.

I

11 And when could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.

ch. 3. 14.

& 7.52.

2 Co. 5.21 1 Po.2.22. 1Jno. 2. 1.

I Co.11.23. & 15. 3.

Ga. 1. 12.

ch. 23. 11. Lu. 24. 47,

48.

y ch. 4. 20.

his conversion.

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 t that Just One, and a shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.

15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of y what thou hast seen and heard.

16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, z and wash away thy sins, calling a on the name of the Lord.

Juo.15.27. 17 And bit came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even

& 26. 16.

z ch. 2. 38.

Ro. 6.3. 4. while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;

1 Co. 6. 11. 1 Co. 12. 13. Ga. 3. 27. 1 Pe. 3.21. Tit. 3. 5.

18 And saw him saying

He. 10. 22. Maked

a ch. 9. 14. & 2. 21.

Ro. 10. 12. 14.

me,

unto haste, and

get thee quickly out of Jerusalem:

for

ch. 9. 26. 2 Co. 12. 2. ver. 14. 19 And I d Ma. 10. 14. Lord, they know Lu. 21.21. that I imprisoned ver. 4. and fbeat in every Ma. 10. 17. synagogue them that believed on thee:

ch. 8. 3.

25 And as they his father, or bound him with ancestors, thongs, Paul said had been unto the centurion made free of that stood by, m Is it Rome for lawful for you to Scourge a man that

some military service.

enraged.

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 fexamined 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.

Priest Ananias commanded them that c stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

Je. 20. 2.

Jno. 18.22

Le. 19. 35.

De. 25.1,2.

Jno. 7. 51.

d ch. 24. 17.

e Ex. 22. 28. Ec. 10. 20.

2 Pe. 2. 10. Jude 8.

fch. 26. 5.

g

Ph. 3. 5.

ch. 24. 15. 21. & 26. 6. & 28. 20.

3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandeste me to be smitten contrary to the law? 4 And they that h Ma. 22. 23. stood by said, Revilest thou God's Highi ch. 25. 25. Priest? 5 Then said Paul, k ch. 22. 7. & 26. 31. Id wist not, brethren, 17, 18. that he was the High 1 ch. 5. 39. Priest for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.

Mar.12.18. Lu. 20. 27.

m ch. 18. 9.

& 27. 23,

24.

years after

6 But when Paul ver. 3perceived that the About five one part were Sad- this, Ananias ducees, and the other was miseraPharisees, he cried bly slain in out in the council, an insurrection raised Men and brethren, by his own If am a Pharisee, son. the son of a Pharisee:

his integrity. the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.

7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension

between

the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude

vided.

was di

8 h For the SadduCees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees Confess both.

9 And there arose a great cry and the Scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, i We find no evil in this man: but ifk a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.

10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul have been should pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle.

11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good