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Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my
defense which I make now unto you.

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I am verily a man which am a Jew,
born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia,

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yet brought up in this city at the feet of
Gamaliel, and taught according to the

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perfect manner of the law of the fathers.

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And was zealous toward God, as ye all are
this day.

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And I persecuted this way unto the death,
binding and delivering into prisons both

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men and women.

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As also the high priest doth bear me
witness, and all the estate of the elders,

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from whom also I received letters unto the
brethren, and went to Damascus,

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to bring them which were there bound unto
Jerusalem, for to be punished.

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And it came to pass, that as I made my
journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus

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about noon, suddenly there shone from
heaven a great light round about me,

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and I fell unto the ground, and heard a
voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul,

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why persecutest thou me?

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And I answered, Who art thou, Lord?

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And he said unto me, I am Jesus of
Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

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And they that were with me saw indeed the
light, and were afraid, but they heard not

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the voice of him that spake to me.

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And I said, What shall I do, Lord?

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And the Lord said unto me, Arise,
and go into Damascus, and there it shall

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be told thee of all things which are
appointed for thee to do.

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And when I could not see, for the glory of
that light being led by the hand of them

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that were with me, I came into Damascus.

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And one Ananias, a devout man,
according to the law, having a good report

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of all the Jews which dwelt there,
came unto me, and stood, and said unto me,

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Brother Saul, receive thy sight.

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And the same hour I looked up upon him,
and he said, The God of our fathers hath

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chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his
will, and see that just one, and shouldest

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hear the voice of his mouth.

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

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And now, why tarriest thou?

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Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy
sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

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And it came to pass, that when I was come
again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in

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the temple, I was in a trance,
and saw him saying unto me, Make haste,

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and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem,
for they will not receive thy testimony

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concerning me.

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And I said, Lord, they know that I
imprisoned and beat in every synagogue

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them that believed on thee.

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And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen
was shed, I also was standing by,

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and consenting unto his death,
and kept the raiment of them that slew

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him.

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And he said unto me, Depart, for I will
send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

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And they gave him audience unto this word,
and then lifted up their voices,

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and said, Away with such a fellow from the
earth, for it is not fit that he should

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live.

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And as they cried out, and cast off their
clothes, and threw dust into the air,

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the chief captain commanded him to be
brought into the castle, and bade that he

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should be examined by scourging,
that he might know wherefore they cried so

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against him.

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And as they bound him with thongs,
Paul said unto the centurion that stood

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by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man
that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

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When the centurion heard that,
he went and told the chief captain,

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saying, Take heed what thou doest,
for this man is a Roman.

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Then the chief captain came and said unto
him, Tell me, art thou a Roman?

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He said, Yea.

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And the chief captain answered,
With a great sum obtained I this freedom.

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And Paul said, But I was free born.

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Then straightway they departed from him
which should have examined him.

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And the chief captain also was afraid,
after he knew that he was a Roman,

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and because he had bound him.

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On the morrow, because he would have known
the certainty wherefore he was accused of

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the Jews, he loosed him from his bands,
and commanded the chief priests and all

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their council to appear, and brought Paul
down, and set him before them.