Verse 8
Acts 22:8
Geneva Bible
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Then I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Iesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
Original Language Text
greek
ἐγὼ δὲ ἀπεκρίθην· Τίς εἶ, κύριε; εἶπέν τε πρὸς ⸀ἐμέ· Ἐγώ εἰμι Ἰησοῦς ὁ Ναζωραῖος ὃν σὺ διώκεις.
English Translation
And I answered, "Who are you, Lord?" And he said to me, "I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting."
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 22 Context
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Ye men, brethren and Fathers, heare my defence nowe towards you.
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(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrewe tongue to them, they kept the more silence, and he...
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I am verely a man, which am a Iew, borne in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought vp in this citie at the f...
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And I persecuted this way vnto the death, binding and deliuering into prison both men and women.
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As also ye chiefe Priest doeth beare me witnes, and al the company of the Elders: of whom also I rec...
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And so it was, as I iourneyed and was come neere vnto Damascus about noone, that suddenly there shon...
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So I fell vnto the earth, and heard a voyce, saying vnto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou mee?
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Then I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Iesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutes...
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Moreouer they that were with me, sawe in deede a light and were afraide: but they heard not the voyc...
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Then I sayd, What shall I doe, Lord? And the Lord sayde vnto me, Arise, and goe into Damascus: and t...
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So when I could not see for the glory of that light, I was led by the hand of them that were with me...
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And one Ananias a godly man, as perteining to the Lawe, hauing good report of all the Iewes which dw...
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Came vnto me, and stoode, and sayd vnto me, Brother Saul, receiue thy sight: and that same houre I l...
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And he sayd, The God (Elohim) of our fathers hath appointed thee, that thou shouldest knowe his wil,...
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For thou shalt be his witnes vnto all men, of the things which thou hast seene and heard.
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Now therefore why tariest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sinnes, in calling on the...
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And it came to passe, that when I was come againe to Hierusalem, and prayed in the Temple, I was in...
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And saw him saying vnto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Hierusalem: for they will not re...
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Then I sayd, Lord, they know that I prisoned, and beat in euery Synagogue them that beleeued in thee...
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And when the blood of thy martyr Steuen was shed, I also stood by, and consented vnto his death, and...
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Then he sayd vnto me, Depart: for I will send thee farre hence vnto the Gentiles.
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And they heard him vnto this worde, but then they lift vp their voyces, and sayd, Away with such a f...
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And as they cried and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the aire,
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The chiefe captaine commanded him to be led into the castle, and bade that he should be scourged, an...
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And as they bound him with thongs, Paul sayd vnto the Centurion that stood by, Is it lawfull for you...
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Nowe when the Centurion heard it, hee went, and tolde the chiefe captaine, saying, Take heede what t...
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Then the chiefe captaine came, and sayd to him, Tel me, art thou a Romane? And he said, Yea.
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And the chiefe captaine answered, With a great summe obtained I this freedome. Then Paul sayd, But I...
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Then straightway they departed from him, which should haue examined him: and the chiefe captaine als...
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