Verse 29
Acts 22:29
New King James Version
29
Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
Original Language Text
greek
εὐθέως οὖν ἀπέστησαν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ οἱ μέλλοντες αὐτὸν ἀνετάζειν· καὶ ὁ χιλίαρχος δὲ ἐφοβήθη ἐπιγνοὺς ὅτι Ῥωμαῖός ἐστιν καὶ ὅτι ⸂αὐτὸν ἦν⸃ δεδεκώς.
English Translation
Immediately therefore those who were about to interrogate him withdrew from him; and the chiliarch was afraid, having realized that he was a Roman and that he was bound.
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Chapter 22 Context
1
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence
which I make
now unto you.
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2
(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he...
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3
I am verily a man
which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at...
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4
And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
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5
As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I rec...
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6
And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenl...
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7
And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me,
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
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8
And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me,
I am Yashua (Jesus) of Nazareth, whom thou...
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9
And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of hi...
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10
And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me,
Arise, and go into Damascus; and there...
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11
And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with m...
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12
And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt...
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13
Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I look...
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14
And he said, The God (Elohim) of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, an...
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15
For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
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16
And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of th...
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17
And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I...
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18
And saw him saying unto me,
Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not rec...
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19
And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee...
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20
And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his d...
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21
And he said unto me,
Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
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22
And they gave him audience unto this word, and
then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such...
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23
And as they cried out, and cast off
their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
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24
The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined b...
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25
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you...
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26
When the centurion heard
that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest...
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27
Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
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28
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was
f...
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29
Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also w...
30
On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he lo...
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