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   round about me.   
      
   7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul,   
   Saul, why persecutest thou me?   
      
   8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of   
   Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.   
      
   9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but   
   they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.   
      
   10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise,   
   and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things   
   which are appointed for thee to do.   
      
   11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by   
   the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus.   
      
   12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good   
   report of all the Jews which dwelt there,   
      
   13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy   
   sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.   
      
   14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou   
   shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the   
   voice of his mouth.   
      
   15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and   
   heard.   
      
   16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy   
   sins, calling on the name of the Lord.   
      
   17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even   
   while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;   
      
   18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of   
   Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.   
      
   19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every   
   synagogue them that believed on thee:   
      
   20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was   
   standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them   
   that slew him.   
      
   21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the   
   Gentiles.   
      
   22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their   
   voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not   
   fit that he should live.   
      
   23 And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust   
   into the air,   
      
   24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and   
   bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know   
   wherefore they cried so against him.   
      
   25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that   
   stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and   
   uncondemned?   
      
   26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain,   
   saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.   
      
   27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a   
   Roman? He said, Yea.   
      
   28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this   
   freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.   
      
   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.   
      
   30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he   
   was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the   
   chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down,   
   and set him before them.   
      
   Acts Chapter 23   
      
   1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I   
   have lived in all good conscience before God until this day.   
      
   2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite   
   him on the mouth.   
      
   3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for   
   sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten   
   contrary to the law?   
      
   4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest?   
      
   5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for   
   it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.   
      
   6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the   
   other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a   
   Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the   
   dead I am called in question.   
      
   7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the   
   Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.   
      
   8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel,   
   nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.   
      
   9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the   
   Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man:   
   but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against   
   God.   
      
   10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing   
   lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the   
   soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to   
   bring him into the castle.   
      
   11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good   
   cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou   
   bear witness also at Rome.   
      
   12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound   
   themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink   
   till they had killed Paul.   
      
   13 And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.   
      
   14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have   
   bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we   
   have slain Paul.   
      
   15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that   
   he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire   
   something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near,   
   are ready to kill him.   
      
   16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went   
   and entered into the castle, and told Paul.   
      
   17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this   
   young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.   
      
   18 So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul   
   the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man   
   unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee.   
      
   19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside   
   privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me?   
      
   20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest   
   bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire   
   somewhat of him more perfectly.   
      
   21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of   
   them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that   
   they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are   
   they ready, looking for a promise from thee.   
      
   22 So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him,   
   See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.   
      
   23 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred   
   soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and   
   spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;   
      
   24 And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him   
   safe unto Felix the governor.   
      
   25 And he wrote a letter after this manner:   
      
   26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.   
      
   27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them:   
   then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was   
   a Roman.   
      
   28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I   
   brought him forth into their council:   
      
      
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