1"Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you."

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Acts 7:2, Acts 7:2, 2 Timothy 4:16, 2 Timothy 4:16, Acts 25:8

2When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,

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Acts 21:40, Acts 21:40

3"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 manner of the Law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are this day.

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Acts 26:5, Philippians 3:5, Philippians 3:6, Acts 26:5, Philippians 3:5

4I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

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Acts 22:19, Acts 22:20, Acts 22:19, Acts 22:20, Acts 26:9

5As 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.

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Acts 9:1, Acts 9:2, Acts 9:1, Acts 9:2, Luke 22:66

6It happened that, as I made my journey, and came close to Damascus, about noon, suddenly there shone from the sky a great light around me.

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Acts 9:3, Acts 9:8, Revelation 1:16, Acts 26:12, Acts 26:18

7I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'

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Jeremiah 2:9, Jeremiah 2:9, Matthew 25:45, Matthew 25:45, Genesis 3:9

8I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.'

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Acts 26:9, Acts 26:9, 1 Samuel 8:7, 1 Samuel 8:7, Matthew 2:23

9"Those who were with me indeed saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of him who spoke to me.

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Acts 9:7, Acts 9:7, Daniel 10:7, Daniel 10:7, Acts 26:13

10I 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.'

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Acts 16:30, Acts 16:30, Acts 22:12, Acts 22:16, Acts 2:37

11When I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

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Acts 9:8, Acts 9:9, Acts 9:8, Acts 9:9, Isaiah 42:16

12One Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,

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Acts 10:22, Acts 10:22, Acts 6:3, Acts 6:3, 3 John 1:12

13came to me, and standing by me said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' In that very hour I looked up at him.

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Acts 9:17, Acts 9:18, Philemon 1:16, Acts 9:17, Acts 9:18

14He 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.

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Galatians 1:12, Galatians 1:12, Acts 26:16, 1 Corinthians 15:8, 1 Corinthians 9:1

15For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.

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Acts 23:11, Acts 4:20, Acts 23:11, Acts 4:20, John 15:27

16Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.'

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Acts 2:38, Acts 2:38, Acts 2:21, Acts 2:21, Titus 3:5

17"It happened that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

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2 Corinthians 12:1, 2 Corinthians 12:4, 2 Corinthians 12:1, 2 Corinthians 12:4, Acts 10:9

18and saw him saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.'

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Ezekiel 3:6, Ezekiel 3:7, Luke 21:21, Matthew 10:14, Matthew 10:23

19I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

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Acts 22:4, Acts 22:4, Matthew 10:17, Matthew 10:17, Acts 8:3

20When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.'

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Acts 7:58, Acts 8:1, Acts 7:58, Acts 8:1, Romans 1:32

21"He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.'"

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Acts 9:15, Acts 9:15, Ephesians 3:6, Ephesians 3:8, 1 Timothy 2:7

22They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice, and said, "Rid the earth of this fellow, for he is not fit to live!"

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Acts 25:24, Acts 25:24, Acts 21:36, Acts 21:36, John 19:15

23As they yelled, and threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,

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2 Samuel 16:13, 2 Samuel 16:13, Acts 7:58, Ecclesiastes 10:3, Acts 26:11

24the 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 yelled at him like that.

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Acts 23:10, John 19:1, Acts 21:31, Acts 21:32, Acts 21:34

25When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?"

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Acts 16:37, Acts 16:37, Acts 25:16, Acts 25:16, Acts 27:43

26When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman!"

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Acts 23:27, Acts 23:27, Acts 22:29, Acts 22:29

27The commanding officer came and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" He said, "Yes."

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28The commanding officer answered, "I bought my citizenship for a great price." Paul said, "But I was born a Roman."

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29Immediately 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.

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Acts 21:33, Acts 21:33, Acts 22:24, Acts 22:26, Acts 22:24

30But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Judeans, he freed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

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Acts 23:28, Acts 23:28, Acts 21:33, Acts 21:33, Acts 21:11