Acts 22

1“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.” 2When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, # 22:2 Or Hebrew they became even quieter. # 22:1–2 Ac 7:2; 21:40 3He # 22:3–16 Ac 9:1–22; 26:9–18 continued, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city, educated at the feet of Gamaliel # 22:3 Dt 33:3; Ac 5:34; 9:11; 21:39; 2Co 11:22; Php 3:5 according to the strictness of our ancestral law. I was zealous for God, just as all of you are today. # 22:3 Ac 26:5; Rm 10:2; Php 3:6 4I persecuted this Way # 22:4 Ac 9:2; 24:14,22 to the death, arresting and putting both men and women in jail, # 22:4 Ac 8:3; 22:19–20; 26:10 5as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. After I received letters from them to the brothers, I traveled to Damascus to arrest those who were there and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished. # 22:5 Lk 22:66; Ac 13:26; 1Tm 4:14

Paul’s Testimony

6“As # 22:6–11 Ac 9:3–8; 26:12–18 I was traveling and approaching Damascus, about noon an intense light from heaven suddenly flashed around me. 7I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? ’

8“I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord? ’

“He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting.’ 9Now those who were with me saw the light, # 22:9 Other mss add and were afraid but they did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me. # 22:9 Dn 10:7; Ac 9:7; 26:13

10“I said, ‘What should I do, Lord? ’

“The Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything that you have been assigned to do.’

11“Since I couldn’t see because of the brightness of the light, # 22:11 Lit the glory of that light I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and went into Damascus. # 22:10–11 Ac 9:8; 16:30 12Someone named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, who had a good reputation with all the Jews living there, # 22:12 Ac 9:10,17; 10:22 13came and stood by me and said, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight.’ And in that very hour I looked up and saw him. 14And he said, ‘The God of our ancestors has appointed # 22:14 Ac 3:13; 9:15; 26:16 you to know his will, to see # 22:14 1Co 9:1; 15:8 the Righteous One, # 22:14 Ac 3:14; 7:52 and to hear the words from his mouth, 15since you will be a witness for him to all people of what you have seen and heard. # 22:15 Ac 23:11; 26:16 16And now, why are you delaying? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, # 22:16 Ac 2:38; 1Co 6:11; Heb 10:22 calling on his name.’ # 22:16 Ac 9:14; Rm 10:13

17“After I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance # 22:17 Ac 9:26; 10:10 18and saw him telling me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’

19“But I said, ‘Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in you imprisoned and beaten. # 22:19 Mt 10:17; Ac 8:3; 22:4 20And when the blood of your witness Stephen was being shed, I stood there giving approval # 22:20 Other mss add of his murder and guarding the clothes of those who killed him.’ # 22:20 Ac 7:58; 8:1; Rm 1:32

21“He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’ ” # 22:21 Ac 9:15; 13:46

Paul’s Roman Protection

22They listened to him up to this point. Then they raised their voices, shouting, “Wipe this man off the face of the earth! He should not be allowed to live! ” # 22:22 Ac 21:36; 25:24

23As they were yelling and flinging aside their garments and throwing dust into the air, # 22:23 2Sm 16:13; Ac 7:58 24the commander ordered him to be brought into the barracks, directing that he be interrogated with the scourge to discover the reason they were shouting against him like this. 25As they stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing by, “Is it legal for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen and is uncondemned? ” # 22:24–25 Ac 16:37; 21:34; 22:29

26When the centurion heard this, he went and reported to the commander, saying, “What are you going to do? For this man is a Roman citizen.”

27The commander came and said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen? ”

“Yes,” he said.

28The commander replied, “I bought this citizenship for a large amount of money.”

“But I was born a citizen,” Paul said.

29So those who were about to examine him withdrew from him immediately. The commander too was alarmed when he realized Paul was a Roman citizen and he had bound him. # 22:29 Ac 16:38; 21:33

Paul before the Sanhedrin

30The next day, since he wanted to find out exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him # 22:30 Other mss add from his chains and instructed the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to convene. # 22:30 Mt 5:22; Ac 23:3–8 He brought Paul down and placed him before them.

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Gevurot Meyruach Hakodesh 22

1Rav Sha'ul said, Anashim, Achim, Avot, listen now to my hitstaddekut (defense). 2And when they heard that Rav Sha'ul was addressing them in the language of the Hebrews, they were even more quiet. And Rav Sha'ul said:

3I am an ish Yehudi, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but having been brought up in a yeshiva in this city of Yerushalayim at the feet of Rabban Gamli'el, having learned with irreproachable frumkeit according to all machmir chumra strictness the Torah of Avoteinu, and I have a kinat Hashem just as all of you do today;#22:3 1Kgs 19:10 4I brought redifah on this “Derech,” even to the point of mavet, binding and delivering both anashim and nashim over to the beis hasohar, 5As even the Kohen Gadol and all the Zekenim of the Sanhedrin could give solemn eidus for me. For from them I also was authorized with iggrot to the Achim in Damascus, and I was going there to lead away also the ones who were there in order to bring them bound back to Yerushalayim to have them punished.

6And it happened to me while traveling and drawing near to Damascus, lav davka (approximately) noon, suddenly from Shomayim, a very bright ohr (light) shone around me; 7And I fell to the ground. Then I heard a bat kol saying to me, Sha'ul, Sha'ul, why are you bringing redifah on me? 8And I answered, Who are you, Adoni? And he said to me, I am Yehoshua of Natzeret, upon whom you are bringing redifah. 9And the ones with me saw the ohr (light) but they did not have real hearing (understanding) of the voice speaking to me. 10And I said, What shall I do, Adoni? And HaAdon said to me, Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about everything which has been appointed for you to do. 11And because I had been blinded from the kavod (glory) of that ohr (light), I was led by the hand by the ones who were with me and who led me into Damascus.

12A certain man, Chananyah by name, an ehrliche Yid (a truly pious Jew), charedi according to the Torah and with a shem tov with all the Yehudim living in Damascus, 13Came to me and stood next to me, saying, Ach b'Moshiach Sha'ul, receive your sight. And at that moment I looked up at him. 14And he said, Elohei Avoteinu has chosen and appointed you to have da'as of His ratzon (will) and to see the Tzaddik#22:14 Moshiach and to hear the kol (voice) from His mouth. 15For you will be an eidus (witness) to him to all anashim of what you have seen and heard. 16And now what do you intend to do? Get up and receive Moshiachʼs tevilah of teshuva and wash away your averos (sins) by calling upon SHMO.#22:16 Lv 8:6; Ps 51:2; Ezek 36:25; Yoel 3:5; Zech 6:12

17And it happened that after I had returned to Yerushalayim and as I was davening in the Beis Hamikdash, that I fell into a trance, 18And saw Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach saying to me, Hurry and get out quickly from Yerushalayim, because they will not receive your edut (testimony) concerning me. 19And I said, Adoni, they themselves have da'as that in every shul I was imprisoning and beating the ones with emunah in you. 20And when in al kiddush ha-Shem, the dahm of your eidus (witness) Stefanos was being poured out, I myself also had been standing by and agreeing and protecting the kaftans of the ones killing him. 21And Moshiach said to me, Go! For I will send you out, far away to the Goyim.

22And they were listening to Rav Sha'ul up to the word Goyim; and then they lifted up their kol, saying, Away with such a one from ha'aretz! He should not be allowed to live! 23And while they were crying out, while they were throwing off their kaftans and tossing dust into the air,#22:23 2Sm 16:13 24the Roman tribune directed him to be brought into the barracks, and ordered him to be examined by the flagellumʼs scourge, that the tribune might have da'as of the reason for the mobʼs shouting thus keneged (against, in opposition to) Rav Sha'ul. 25And when the Roman soldiers stretched Rav Sha'ul out with the straps, he said to the centurion who was standing by, If a man is a Roman citizen and uncondemned, it is lawful for you to scourge him? 26And having heard this, the centurion approached the tribune and reported, saying, What are you about to do? For this man has Roman citizenship. 27And having approached, the tribune said to Rav Sha'ul, Tell me, are you a Roman? And Rav Sha'ul said, Etiam.#22:27 T.N. Latin: Yes, certainly. 28And the tribune answered, It cost me a large sum of money for me to acquire my Roman citizenship. And Rav Sha'ul said, But indeed I have been born a Roman citizen. 29Ofen ort, then, the ones about to examine him drew back from Rav Sha'ul. Also the tribune did the same. For he was afraid, learning that Rav Sha'ul is a Roman and that he had bound him.

30And on the next day, desiring to know something definite about why Rav Sha'ul was accused by the Yehudim, the tribune released him and ordered the Rashei Hakohanim and all the Sanhedrin to be assembled. Then, having brought down Rav Sha'ul, the tribune had him set before them.

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