For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard (22:15)

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord (22:16)

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; (22:17)

And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me (22:18)

And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: (22:19)

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 (22:20)

And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles (22:21)

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 (22:22)

And as they cried out, and cast off [their] clothes, and threw dust into the air, (22:23)

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 (22:24)

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? (22:25)

When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman (22:26)

Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea (22:27)

And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born (22:28)

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 (22:29)

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 (22:30)

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