Acts 21:40-22:5
New International Version
40 After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned(A) to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic[a]:(B) 22 1 “Brothers and fathers,(C) listen now to my defense.”
2 When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic,(D) they became very quiet.
Then Paul said: 3 “I am a Jew,(E) born in Tarsus(F) of Cilicia,(G) but brought up in this city. I studied under(H) Gamaliel(I) and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors.(J) I was just as zealous(K) for God as any of you are today. 4 I persecuted(L) the followers of this Way(M) to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,(N) 5 as the high priest and all the Council(O) can themselves testify. I even obtained letters from them to their associates(P) in Damascus,(Q) and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
Footnotes
- Acts 21:40 Or possibly Hebrew; also in 22:2
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