Deeds (Act) of Apostles 22:10-30

¹⁰And I said, Lord, what shall I do? And the Lord said to me, Rise thou, and go to Damascus; and there it shall be said to thee, of all things which it behooveth thee to do.

¹¹And when I saw not, for the clarity of that light, I was led by the hand of fellows, and I came to Damascus.

¹²And a man, Ananias, that by the law had witnessing of all Jews dwelling in Damascus,

¹³came to me, and stood nigh, and said to me, Saul, brother, behold. And I in the same hour beheld into him.

¹⁴And he said, God of our fathers hath before-ordained thee, that thou shouldest know the will of him, and shouldest see the rightful man, that is, just Christ, and hear the voice of his mouth.

¹⁵For thou shalt be his witness to all men, of those things that thou hast seen and heard.

¹⁶And now, what dwellest thou? Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, by the name of him called to help.

¹⁷And it was done to me, as I turned again into Jerusalem, and prayed in the temple, that I was made in ravishing of soul,

¹⁸and I saw him saying to me, Hie thou, and go out fast of Jerusalem, for they shall not receive thy witnessing of me.

¹⁹And I said, Lord, they know, that I was enclosing together in prison, and beating by synagogues them that believed into thee or in thee.

²⁰And when the blood of Stephen, thy witness, was shed out, I stood nigh, and consented, and kept the clothes of men that slew him.

²¹And he said to me, Go thou, for I shall send thee far to nations.

²²And they heard him till to this word; and they raised their voice, and said, Take away from the earth such a manner man; for it is not leaveful that he live.

²³And when they cried, and cast away their clothes, and threw dust in the air,

²⁴the tribune commanded him to be led into the castles, and to be beaten with scourges, and to be tormented, that he knew or should know, for what cause they cried so to him.

²⁵And when they had bound him with cords or had restrained him with ropes, Paul said to a centurion standing nigh to him, Whether it is leaveful to you, to scourge a Roman, and uncondemned?

²⁶And when this thing was heard, the centurion went to the tribune, and told to him, and said, What art thou to doing? for this man is a citizen of Rome.

²⁷And the tribune came nigh, and said to him, Say thou to me, whether thou art a Roman? And he said, Yea.

²⁸And the tribune answered, I with much sum got this freedom. And Paul said, And I was born a citizen of Rome.

²⁹Therefore anon, they that should have tormented him, departed away from him. And the tribune dreaded, after that he knew, that he was a citizen of Rome, and for or that he had bound him.

³⁰But in the day pursuing he would know more diligently, for what cause he were accused of the Jews, and unbound him, and commanded priests and all the council to come together. And he brought forth Paul, and set him among them.