Verse 7
Acts 22:7
Noah Webster Bible
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And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Original Language Text
greek
ἔπεσά τε εἰς τὸ ἔδαφος καὶ ἤκουσα φωνῆς λεγούσης μοι· Σαοὺλ Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις;
English Translation
And I fell to the ground and I heard a voice saying to me, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?"
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 22 Context
1
Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense which I make now to you.
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(And when they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they kept the more silence: and h...
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I am verily a man who am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at th...
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And I persecuted this way even to death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
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As also the high priest doth bear me testimony, and all the estate of the elders; from whom also I r...
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And it came to pass, that as I was passing on my journey, and had come nigh to Damascus about noon,...
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7
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) of Nazareth, whom thou pe...
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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 to me, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there i...
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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 who dwelt t...
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13
Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked u...
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14
And he said, The God (Elohim) of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldst know his will, and...
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15
For thou shalt be his witness to 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 had come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I w...
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18
And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and depart quickly from Jerusalem; for they will not receive t...
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And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in every synagogue them that believed on the...
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20
And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his dea...
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21
And he said to me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence to the Gentiles.
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22
And they gave him audience to this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a...
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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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And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to...
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When the centurion heard that , he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou does...
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Then the chief captain came, and said to him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yes.
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And the chief captain answered, With a great sum I obtained this freedom. And Paul said, But I was f...
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Then forthwith they departed from him who were about to examine him: and the chief captain also was...
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On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty why he was accused by the Jews, he loosed h...
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