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Acts 21:37-22:21 — Paul Speaks to the Crowd

Acts.21.37-22.21

³⁷As they were about to bring Paul into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I say something to you?” He replied, "Do you know Greek? ³⁸Aren't you then the Egyptian who recently stirred up a rebellion and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?" ³⁹But Paul said, “I am a Jewish man from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. I beg you, permit me to speak to the people.” ⁴⁰When he had given permission, Paul stood on the stairs and motioned with his hand to the people. When a great silence fell, he addressed them in the Hebrew language , saying:

Chapter 22

¹“Men, brothers, and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.” ²When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. Then he said: ³"I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel according to the strictness of our ancestral law, being zealous for God just as all of you are today. ⁴I persecuted this Way even to the death, binding and delivering both men and women into prisons, ⁵as also the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. I even received letters from them to the brothers, and I was traveling to Damascus to bring those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished. ⁶"But as I was traveling and drawing near to Damascus, about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven flashed around me. ⁷I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?' ⁸And I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' And he said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.' ⁹Now those who were with me beheld the light , but they did not understand the voice of the one speaking to me. ¹⁰And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about all the things that have been appointed for you to do.' ¹¹And since I could not see because of the glory of that light, I was led by the hand by my companions and came into Damascus. ¹²"Then a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, who was well spoken of by all the Jews living there, ¹³came to me, and standing beside me, he said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' And at that very hour I looked up and saw him. ¹⁴Then he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth. ¹⁵For you will be a witness for him to all people of what you have seen and heard. ¹⁶And now why do you delay? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name .' ¹⁷"Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance ¹⁸and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.' ¹⁹And I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that in one synagogue after another I was imprisoning and beating those who believe in you. ²⁰And when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I myself was standing by, consenting , and guarding the garments of those who were killing him.' ²¹And he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you out far away to the Gentiles.'"

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4/11/2026

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