Verse 20
Acts 22:20
Darby Translation
20
and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also myself was standing by and consenting, and kept the clothes of them who killed him.
Original Language Text
greek
καὶ ὅτε ⸀ἐξεχύννετο τὸ αἷμα Στεφάνου τοῦ μάρτυρός σου, καὶ αὐτὸς ἤμην ἐφεστὼς καὶ συνευδοκῶν ⸀καὶ φυλάσσων τὰ ἱμάτια τῶν ἀναιρούντων αὐτόν.
English Translation
And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was being poured out, I myself was standing by and approving and keeping watch over the garments of those who were killing him.
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Chapter 22 Context
1
Brethren and fathers, hear my defence which I now make to you.
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And hearing that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more quiet; and he says,
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*I* am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, educa...
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who have persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering up to prisons both men and women;
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as also the high priest bears me witness, and all the elderhood: from whom also, having received let...
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And it came to pass, as I was journeying and drawing near to Damascus, that, about mid-day, there su...
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And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
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And *I* answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, *I* am Yashua (Jesus) the Nazaraean, whom *...
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But they that were with me beheld the light, [and were filled with fear], but heard not the voice of...
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And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Rise up, and go to Damascus, and there i...
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And as I could not see, through the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were wit...
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And a certain Ananias, a pious man according to the law, borne witness to by all the Jews who dwelt...
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coming to me and standing by me, said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And *I*, in the same h...
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And he said, The God (Elohim) of our fathers has chosen thee beforehand to know his will, and to see...
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for thou shalt be a witness for him to all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
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And now why lingerest thou? Arise and get baptised, and have thy sins washed away, calling on his na...
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And it came to pass when I had returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the temple, that I bec...
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and saw him saying to me, Make haste and go quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive thy...
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And *I* said, Lord, they themselves know that *I* was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue tho...
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and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was shed, I also myself was standing by and consenting, an...
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And he said to me, Go, for *I* will send thee to the nations afar off.
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And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that...
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And as they were crying, and throwing away their clothes, and casting dust into the air,
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the chiliarch commanded him to be brought into the fortress, saying that he should be examined by sc...
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But as they stretched him forward with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood [by], Is it...
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And the centurion, having heard it, went and reported it to the chiliarch, saying, What art thou goi...
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And the chiliarch coming up said to him, Tell me, Art *thou* a Roman? And he said, Yes.
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And the chiliarch answered, *I*, for a great sum, bought this citizenship. And Paul said, But *I* wa...
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Immediately therefore those who were going to examine him left him, and the chiliarch also was afrai...
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And on the morrow, desirous to know the certainty [of the matter] why he was accused of the Jews, he...
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