Acts 22

Acts 22:1

• “Brothers and
• Brethren and
• “Brethren and
• Paul said, “Brothers and
• “My brothers and

• fathers,

• listen to the
• listen to

• defense which
• me as
• defense that

• I

• have to say to
• now make to

• you;’—
• you.”
• you in my defense.”
• you in my defense.’

Acts 22:2

• When they
• And when they
• When the Jews

• heard
• heard that

• him
• he
• he was
• Paul

• was addressing them in the
• speak to them in
• speaking to them in
• addressing them in
• addressed them in the
• speaking
• spoke to them in the

• Aramaic
• Aramaic,
• Hebrew language,
• Hebrew
• Hebrew,
• their own language,

• they

• became
• were

• even quieter.

Acts 22:3

• ’I
• I
• “I

• am a

• Jew,
• Jewish man,
• Jewish man

• born in

• Tarsus in
• Tarsus of
• Tarsus in the

• Cilicia but
• Cilicia, but
• Cilicia.

• brought up in this

• city, at the
• city at the
• city. At the

• feet of

• Gamaliel,
• Gamali-el,
• Gamaliel, and
• Gamaliel and

• educated
• instructed

• according to the strict manner of the law of our

• fathers,
• ancestors, and
• ancestors.

• being
• was
• I was just as

• zealous for

• God as
• God as any of
• God as all of
• God just as all of
• God, just as all of

• you
• you all

• are
• do
• are this

• today,
• today.
• to-day.
• day:
• day.

Acts 22:4

• I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and

• delivering into
• delivering to

• prison both
• prisons both

• men and

• women—
• women,
• women.

Acts 22:5

• [Translation pending]

Acts 22:6

• “As “I
• As “I
• ‘I
• “I
• “But as “I
• But as “I
• “But “something

• was on
• made

• my

• journey, and
• journey and
• way and

• approaching
• drew near to

• Damascus, about
• Damascus about
• Damascus. About

• noon, a
• noon a
• midday a

• bright
• very bright
• great

• light from
• light from the

• heaven suddenly

• flashed around
• shone around

• me.
• me,

Acts 22:7

• I
• and I
• And I

• fell to the ground. A voice

• saying to
• asking, “
• asking
• saying, “
• saying, ‘
• say to

• me, ‘Saul!
• me ‘Saul,
• me, “Saul,
• me, ‘Saul,
• Saul,

• Saul! Why
• Saul, why

• are
• do

• you

• persecuting
• persecute

• Me?’
• Me?”
• me?”
• me?’

Acts 22:8

• “I
• I
• And I

• answered, “Who
• answered, ‘Who
• said, ‘Who
• said, “Who
• asked, ‘Who
• replied, ‘Who
• replied, Who

• are

• you,
• You,

• Lord? And
• Lord?’ And
• Lord?” and
• Lord?’
• Lord?”
• Lord?’ “
• Lord?” The
• Lord?’ The

• He
• he
• voice

• said to
• replied, “
• replied, ‘
• said, ‘

• me, ‘I
• me, I
• me, “I
• I

• am

• Jesus of
• Jesus the
• Jesus from

• Nazareth whom
• Nazareth, whom
• Nazarene, Whom
• Nazarene, whom
• Nazarene whom
• Nazareth, the One
• Nazareth, the one
• Nazarene, the One
• Nazarene, the one

• you

• are persecuting!’
• are persecuting.”
• are persecuting.
• are persecuting.’
• persecute.’
• persecute.”

Acts 22:9

• Now those who were with
• Those who were with
• “Those who were with
• The men with
• “And those who were with
• And those who were with
• The people with
• “The men who were with
• The men who were with

• me
• me indeed

• saw the

• light. But
• light but
• light, but
• light, but they

• did
• they did

• not
• n’t

• hear the
• understand the

• voice of the One who
• voice of the one who
• voice of Him who
• voice of him who
• voice. But they
• voice, but they

• was speaking to
• spoke to
• saw the

• me.
• light.

Acts 22:10

• “I
• I
• and I
• And I
• So I
• “Then I
• Then I

• said ‘What
• said, “What
• said, ‘What
• said, What
• asked, What
• asked, ‘What

• shall
• am
• should

• I
• I to

• do,

• Lord?’ “And the
• Lord?’ And the
• Lord?’ and the
• Lord?” The
• Lord?’ The

• Lord said to me, ‘

• Get up and
• Arise, and
• Arise and

• go into
• go to
• go on into

• Damascus, and there
• Damascus; and there
• Damascus. There
• Damascus; there
• Damascus.
• Damascus;

• you
• You
• it

• will
• shall

• be told about everything that is appointed for you to

• do.
• do.”
• do.’

Acts 22:11

• “Since I
• Since I
• “I
• I
• And since I

• could

• not
• n’t

• see because of the

• brightness of that
• brilliance of that

• light, I was led by the

• hand of those who
• hand by those who

• were with

• me and
• me, and

• came into
• came to

• Damascus.

Acts 22:12

• “And one Ananias, a
• And one Ananias, a
• “Then a certain Ananias, a

• devout man according to the

• Law,
• law,
• Law and
• law and
• law, and
• Law, and

• well
• highly
• having a good

• spoken of by all the
• respected by all the

• Jews who
• Jews

• living
• lived
• live

• there.
• there,

Acts 22:13

• came to
• He came to

• me; and
• me and
• me, and
• me.
• me,
• me;

• stood beside
• stood by
• standing by

• me and
• me
• me,

• said to

• me,
• me, ‘
• me, “

• Brother Saul,

• receive
• regain
• recover

• your

• sight!’ And at that
• sight.’ And at that
• sight.’ In that
• sight!’ In that
• sight.’ And in that
• sight. And in that

• very
• same

• hour
• moment

• I

• regained
• recovered

• my sight and

• saw
• looked up at

• him.
• him!
• him;

Acts 22:14

• “Then he
• Then he
• He
• And he
• Ananias
• “Ananias

• said, “The
• said, ‘The
• told me, ‘The

• God of our

• fathers
• ancestors

• appointed
• chose

• you to know

• his
• His

• will, to
• will and to
• will, and to

• see the

• Righteous One, and to
• Righteous One and to
• righteous one, and to

• hear the
• hear a
• hear

• words from
• voice from
• sound of

• his
• His

• mouth.
• mouth;
• mouth,
• voice,
• voice;
• voice.

Acts 22:15

• for you
• For you
• You
• because you

• will be
• will be a
• are to be

• witness for
• his witness to all
• His witness to all

• Him to all men of what
• him to all men of what
• him to everyone of what
• Him to all people of what
• him to all people of what
• men of what
• people of what

• you have seen and heard.

Acts 22:16

• And now why are
• Now, why do
• Now why do
• And now, why do
• And now why do
• What are

• you

• delay?
• waiting for?
• wait any
• wait?
• waiting?

• Get up!
• Get up,
• Rise and
• Get

• be
• Be
• up and be

• baptized, and
• baptized and

• wash away your

• sins,
• sins by

• calling on the

• name of the Lord.’
• name of the Lord!” ’

Acts 22:17

• ‘After I
• “After I
• “When I
• When I
• I
• “I
• “Later, I

• returned to
• had returned to
• came back to
• went back to

• Jerusalem, and
• Jerusalem and
• Jerusalem. I
• Jerusalem, I
• Jerusalem and I
• Jerusalem, and I
• Jerusalem, and while I
• Jerusalem and while I

• was praying in the

• temple,
• Temple,
• temple, that

• I

• fell into a
• had a
• was in a
• saw a

• trance
• trance.
• trance,
• vision
• vision,
• vision.

Acts 22:18

• and saw him
• and saw Him
• and saw the Lord.
• and saw the Lord
• and I saw Him
• and I saw him
• I saw the Lord
• and saw Jesus

• saying to
• speaking to

• me ‘
• me,
• me. ‘
• me, ‘
• me. “
• me, “

• Hurry and
• Make haste, and
• Make haste and
• Hurry!
• Hurry,

• Leave
• leave
• get
• Get out of

• quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not

• accept
• receive

• your

• testimony about
• witness about

• Me.’
• Me.
• me.
• me.”
• Me!’
• Me.”
• me.’

Acts 22:19

• and I
• And I
• “I
• I
• “But I
• But I

• said, ‘
• said,
• replied, ‘

• Lord,

• they themselves
• they

• know that in every
• know that from

• synagogue
• synagogue to synagogue
• synagogue after another

• I

• imprisoned and
• used to imprison and

• beat those who

• believed in
• believe in

• you.
• you:
• You.
• you;

Acts 22:20

• And when the blood of
• and when the blood of

• Stephen
• Stephen,

• your

• witness,
• witness

• was being shed,

• I,
• I

• myself
• also

• was

• standing by, and
• standing by and
• standing by,
• standing by

• approving, and
• approving and

• guarding the
• keeping the

• coats of those who
• cloaks of those who
• clothes of those who

• were killing
• killed
• were murdering

• him.
• him.”
• him.’
• him!’

Acts 22:21

• “Then He
• Then he
• Then He
• “But the Lord
• But the Lord
• and he
• And he
• And He
• Then the Lord
• “Then the Lord
• But Jesus
• “But Jesus

• said to
• told

• me ‘
• me, ‘
• me, “

• Go.
• Go,
• Go;
• Go!
• Go, for
• Go; for
• Go! For
• Depart; for
• Depart, for
• Go, because
• Leave now.

• I

• will
• am
• ’m

• send
• sending

• you

• far
• far from

• away to the
• here to the

• Gentiles.
• Gentiles. ”’
• Gentiles.”’
• Gentiles! ”’
• Gentiles.” ’
• Gentiles.’ ”
• Gentiles!”’
• non-Jewish people. ”’
• people who are not Jews.’ ”
• people who are not Jews.” ’

Acts 22:22

• [Translation pending]

Acts 22:23

• They
• And as they
• As they
• While they
• And while they

• were shouting and
• cried out, and
• cried out and
• were yelling and
• were crying out and
• were screaming,
• were screaming and
• were shouting,

• throwing off
• waving

• their

• cloaks, and
• cloaks and
• clothes and
• clothes, and
• coats, and
• coats and
• garments, and
• garments and
• coats.

• throwing
• threw
• flinging
• tossing
• They threw

• dust into the
• dust in the

• air.
• air,

Acts 22:24

• Then the commander ordered the soldiers to take Paul into the army building and beat him. He wanted to make Paul tell why the people were shouting against

• him.
• him like this.

Acts 22:25

• But when they
• When they
• As they
• So the soldiers were

• had stretched
• had tied
• tied
• stretched
• tying

• him out for the
• him up with
• him up to
• him with

• lash,
• thongs,
• whips,

• Paul said to the centurion who

• was standing by, “
• stood by, “

• Is it

• legal for
• lawful for

• you to

• scourge a
• flog a

• man who is a

• Roman citizen and
• Roman citizen, and
• Roman, and
• Roman and
• Roman citizen and has

• uncondemned?”

Acts 22:26

• When the centurion
• When the officer
• And when the centurion

• heard this,
• heard that,
• heard
• heard,

• he
• it, he

• went to the
• went and reported to the

• commander and
• tribune and
• commander,
• commanding officer and

• reported
• said to

• him, What
• him, “What
• it. “What

• are

• you
• you about to

• do, for this
• do? for this
• do? For this
• doing? This
• do? This

• man is a Roman

• citizen?
• citizen!”
• citizen.”
• citizen.’
• citizen!

Acts 22:27

• The commander
• So the commanding officer
• And the chief captain
• and the chief captain
• Then the commander
• So the tribune
• The tribune
• So the commander
• The commanding officer

• came and
• went to
• came to

• Paul, and
• Paul and
• said to
• asked

• him,
• him, “
• him, ‘
• said, ‘
• said: “
• said, “
• Paul, “
• Paul. ‘
• asked him, “
• asked, “

• Tell

• me!
• me—
• me,

• are
• Are
• art

• you a
• you really a

• Roman citizen?’
• Roman citizen?”
• Roman citizen?” And
• Roman? And
• Roman?” And
• Roman?’ and
• Roman citizen?” “Yes,”
• Roman?”

• He
• he
• Paul

• said, ‘Yes;’
• said, “Yes.”
• said, “Yes!”
• answered.
• answered, “Yes.”
• answered ‘Yes’.
• replied, “Yes.”

Acts 22:28

• The commanding officer

• replied, “
• replied, ‘
• answered, “

• I
• It

• cost
• acquired this
• bought this

• citizenship for a
• citizenship with a
• me a

• large sum of

• money.”
• money.” And

• Paul

• said, ‘But
• said, “But
• said, ‘
• said, “
• answered, “But

• Iwas even born one.”

Acts 22:29

• [Translation pending]

Acts 22:30

• The next
• But on the next

• day, because he wanted to know the

• true
• real

• reason why

• he
• Paul

• was being accused by the Jews, he

• released
• freed

• him, and
• him and
• Paul, and
• Paul and
• him from the

• ordered the
• bonds, and commanded the
• commanded the

• chief priests and the whole

• Council to
• council to

• meet.
• assemble.
• assemble, and

• He
• he

• brought
• took

• Paul down and
• Paul and
• Paul in and

• had
• made

• him stand before them.