“Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.” Act 7:22Ti 4:16Act 13:26Act 23:1Act 23:6Act 28:171Co 9:31Pe 3:15
When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. Act 21:40
He said, “I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today. Php 3:5-6Act 26:5Act 5:34Act 9:11Act 21:20Act 21:392Co 11:22Luk 10:39 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women, Act 22:19-201Ti 1:13-15Act 26:9-111Co 15:9Act 16:17Act 8:1-4Act 18:26Act 19:23 as also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished. Act 9:1-2Luk 22:66Act 5:211Ti 4:14Act 13:26Act 22:1Act 26:10Act 26:12
“As I made my journey and came close to Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky. Act 26:12-18Act 9:3-8Rev 1:162Sa 8:6Gen 15:2Isa 24:23Mat 17:2Gen 14:15 I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’ Jer 2:91Ti 1:13Mat 25:451Sa 3:10Exo 3:4Gen 16:8Gen 22:1Gen 22:11 I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’ Act 26:91Sa 8:7Act 26:14-15Act 3:6Act 4:10Act 6:14Exo 16:7-8Mat 10:40-42
“Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me. Act 9:7Dan 10:7Act 26:13Jhn 12:29-30 I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’ Act 16:30Act 2:37Act 22:12-16Act 26:16-18Psa 143:8-10Psa 25:8-9Act 10:33Act 9:6 When I couldn’t see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus. Act 9:8-9Act 13:11Isa 42:16
“One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus, Act 10:22Act 6:33Jn 1:121Ti 3:72Co 6:8Act 17:4Act 8:2Act 9:10-18 came to me, and standing by me said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ In that very hour I looked up at him. Act 9:17-18Phm 1:16 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. Gal 1:121Co 15:81Co 9:1Act 26:16Act 9:151Jn 2:1Act 3:13-14Act 7:52 For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard. Act 23:11Act 4:20Jhn 15:27Act 1:8Act 10:39-41Act 27:24Luk 24:47-48Act 1:22 Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’ Act 2:38Act 2:211Co 6:11Heb 10:22Tit 3:51Pe 3:211Co 12:13Gal 3:27
“When I had returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance 2Co 12:1-4Act 10:9-10Act 26:20Act 9:26-28Gal 1:18Rev 1:10 and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’ Act 9:29Ezk 3:6-7Luk 21:21Mat 10:14Act 3:19Mat 10:23 I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you. Act 22:4Mat 10:17Act 8:3Act 9:1Act 26:9-12 When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’ Act 7:58Act 8:1Rev 2:13Rom 1:32Act 26:10Luk 11:48Rev 17:6
“He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’ ” Act 9:151Ti 2:7Eph 3:6-8Gal 2:7-8Rom 15:16Act 13:46-47Rom 11:132Ti 1:11
They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!” Act 25:24Act 21:36Act 7:54-57Jhn 19:15Luk 23:18
As they cried out, threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air, 2Sa 16:13Act 26:11Act 7:53Act 7:58Ecc 10:3 the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that. Act 21:31-32Act 21:34Act 23:10Jhn 19:1Act 16:22-23Act 16:37Act 22:25-29Act 23:27 When they had tied him up with straps, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?” Act 16:37Act 25:16Act 27:43Act 22:27-28Act 23:17Act 10:1Act 27:1Act 27:3
When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!” Act 23:27Act 22:29
The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?”
He said, “Yes.”
The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.”
Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”
Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him. Act 21:33Act 22:24-26Act 16:38-39Heb 11:35 But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them. Act 23:28Act 21:33Act 21:11Act 22:5Act 23:15Act 26:29Act 5:21Mat 10:17