Verse 3
Acts 22:3
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And he saith: I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gamaliel, taught according to the truth of the law of the fathers, zealous for the law, as also all you are this day:
Original Language Text
greek
⸀Ἐγώ εἰμι ἀνὴρ Ἰουδαῖος, γεγεννημένος ἐν Ταρσῷ τῆς Κιλικίας, ἀνατεθραμμένος δὲ ἐν τῇ πόλει ταύτῃ παρὰ τοὺς πόδας Γαμαλιήλ, πεπαιδευμένος κατὰ ἀκρίβειαν τοῦ πατρῴου νόμου, ζηλωτὴς ὑπάρχων τοῦ θεοῦ καθὼς πάντες ὑμεῖς ἐστε σήμερον,
English Translation
I am a man, a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the strictest manner of the ancestral law, being zealous for God just as all of you are today.
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Chapter 22 Context
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Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye the account which I now give unto you.
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(And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, they kept the more silence.)
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And he saith: I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, at the feet of Gam...
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Who persecuted this way unto death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
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As the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the ancients: from whom also receiving letters to t...
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And it came to pass, as I was going, and drawing nigh to Damascus at midday, that suddenly from heav...
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And falling on the ground, I 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) of Nazareth, whom thou pe...
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And they that were with me, saw indeed the light, but they heard not the voice of him that spoke wit...
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And I said: What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me: Arise, and go to Damascus; and there it...
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And whereas I did not see for the brightness of that light, being led by the hand by my companions,...
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And one Ananias, a man according to the law, having testimony of all the Jews who dwelt there,
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Coming to me, and standing by me, said to me: Brother Saul, look up. And I the same hour looked upon...
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But he said: The God (Elohim) of our fathers hath preordained thee that thou shouldst know his will,...
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For thou shalt be his witness to all men, of those things which thou hast seen and heard.
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And now why tarriest thou? Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, invoking his name.
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And it came to pass, when I was come again to Jerusalem, and was praying in the temple, that I was i...
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And saw him saying unto me: Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem; because they will not...
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And I said: Lord, they know that I cast into prison, and beat in every synagogue, them that believed...
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And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I stood by and consented, and kept the garments...
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And he said to me: Go, for unto the Gentiles afar off, will I send thee.
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And they heard him until this word, and then lifted up their voice, saying: Away with such an one fr...
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And as they cried out and threw off their garments, and cast dust into the air,
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The tribune commanded him to be brought into the castle, and that he should be scourged and tortured...
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And when they had bound him with thongs, Paul saith to the centurion that stood by him: Is it lawful...
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Which the centurion hearing, went to the tribune, and told him, saying: What art thou about to do? F...
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And the tribune coming, said to him: Tell me, art thou a Roman? But he said: Yea.
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And the tribune answered: I obtained the being free of this city with a great sum. And Paul said: Bu...
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Immediately therefore they departed from him that were about to torture him. The tribune also was af...
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But on the next day, meaning to know more diligently for what cause he was accused by the Jews, he l...
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