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    Acts 22

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    The crowd sits quietly through Paul’s long account until one word—Gentiles—turns a hearing into an uproar; then Roman citizenship stops a flogging with remarkable efficiency.

    A light, a voice, and an inconvenient commissionvv. 1–21

    Paul begins in Hebrew, and the crowd grows quieter still. He tells of his birth in Tarsus of Cilicia, his education under Gamaliel, and his former zeal in persecuting the Way. On the road to Damascus, a light from heaven surrounds him, Jesus speaks, and Paul’s companions see the light without understanding the voice. Ananias restores his sight and tells him what he has been appointed to do. Later, in the temple at Jerusalem, Paul receives a further command: he is to go far away to the Gentiles—a destination which proves rather less welcome than the rest of the speech.

    The hearing acquires dust, chains, and a legal complicationvv. 22–30

    The crowd listens until the Gentiles are mentioned, then demands Paul’s death, throwing off cloaks and tossing dust into the air. The commander orders him into the barracks for flogging and interrogation, but Paul asks whether flogging a Roman citizen without a trial is lawful. The centurion reports this, the commander becomes alarmed, and those preparing the interrogation step back. The next day, seeking the real reason for the accusation, the commander releases Paul and summons the chief priests and the Sanhedrin.

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    1. Acts 22:1“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”

    2. Acts 22:2When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then Paul declared,

    3. Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.

    4. Acts 22:4I persecuted this Way even to the death, detaining both men and women and throwing them into prison,

    5. Acts 22:5as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

    6. Acts 22:6About noon as I was approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me.

    7. Acts 22:7I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’

    8. Acts 22:8‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ He replied.

    9. Acts 22:9My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.

    10. Acts 22:10Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’

    11. Acts 22:11Because the brilliance of the light had blinded me, my companions led me by the hand into Damascus.

    12. Acts 22:12There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,

    13. Acts 22:13came and stood beside me. ‘Brother Saul,’ he said, ‘receive your sight.’ And at that moment I could see him.

    14. Acts 22:14Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear His voice.

    15. Acts 22:15You will be His witness to everyone of what you have seen and heard.

    16. Acts 22:16And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

    17. Acts 22:17Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance

    18. Acts 22:18and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’

    19. Acts 22:19‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.

    20. Acts 22:20And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was shed, I stood there giving my approval and watching over the garments of those who killed him.’

    21. Acts 22:21Then He said to me, ‘Go! I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

    22. Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”

    23. Acts 22:23As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,

    24. Acts 22:24the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.

    25. Acts 22:25But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”

    26. Acts 22:26On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”

    27. Acts 22:27The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.

    28. Acts 22:28“I paid a high price for my citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.

    29. Acts 22:29At once those who were about to interrogate Paul stepped back, and the commander himself was alarmed when he realized that he had put a Roman citizen in chains.

    30. Acts 22:30The next day the commander, wanting to learn the real reason Paul was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin to assemble. Then he brought Paul down and had him stand before them.

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    • 16Acts 2:38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
    • 21Acts 9:15“Go!” said the Lord. “This man is My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings, and before the people of Israel.
    • 16Acts 2:21And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’
    • 161 Corinthians 6:11And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
    • 16Hebrews 10:22let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
    • 16Titus 3:5He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
    • 3Philippians 3:5–6circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
    • 161 Peter 3:21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
    • 22Acts 25:24Then Festus said, “King Agrippa and all who are present with us, you see this man. The whole Jewish community has petitioned me about him, both here and in Jerusalem, crying out that he ought not to live any longer.
    • 25Acts 16:37But Paul said to the officers, “They beat us publicly without a trial and threw us into prison, even though we are Roman citizens. And now do they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! Let them come themselves and escort us out!”
    • 3Acts 26:5They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.
    • 14Galatians 1:12I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ.
    • 3Acts 5:34But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
    • 3Acts 9:11“Get up!” the Lord told him. “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying.
    • 9Acts 9:7The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless. They heard the voice but did not see anyone.
    • 16Psalms 119:60I hurried without hesitating to keep Your commandments.

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