vinhvd749_en_elt_act_book/act/22.json

{
  "1": "“Men, brothers, and fathers, listen to my defense to you now.”\n\\p",
  "2": "And when they heard that he was speaking to them in the Hebrew language, they became even more quiet. And he said,\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "3": "“I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but educated in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict ways of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, just as all of you are today.",
  "4": "I persecuted this Way as far as death, binding and delivering to prison both men and women,",
  "5": "as also the high priest testifies for me, and all the elders from whom also having received letters to the brothers in Damascus, I was going there indeed to bring back in bonds to Jerusalem those who were there in order that they might be punished.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "6": "And it happened to me that, traveling and nearing Damascus, about noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.",
  "7": "And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’",
  "8": "And so I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he said to me, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "9": "But those who were with me saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.",
  "10": "But I said, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Having arisen, go into Damascus, and there you will be told about everything that has been appointed for you to do.’",
  "11": "And when I could not see because of the glory of that light, being led by the hands by those who were with me, I came into Damascus.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "12": "And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, being testified to by all the Jews who lived there,",
  "13": "came to me and having stood by me, said to me, ‘Saul, brother, look up.’ And that very hour I looked up to him.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "14": "And he said, ‘The God of our fathers appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear the voice from his own mouth,",
  "15": "for you will be a witness for him to all men about what you have seen and heard.",
  "16": "And now why are you waiting? Having arisen, be baptized, and wash away your sins, having called on his name.’\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "17": "And it happened to me that when I had returned to Jerusalem and I was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance.",
  "18": "And I saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and go away from Jerusalem in haste, because they will not accept your testimony about me.’\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "19": "And I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I was imprisoning and beating those who believed in you according to the synagogues.",
  "20": "And when the blood of Stephen your witness was spilled, I myself also was standing by and agreeing, and guarding the outer garments of those who killed him.’",
  "21": "But he said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "22": "And they listened to him until this word, and then they lifted up their voice, saying, “Remove such a one from the earth, for it is not right for him to live.”",
  "23": "And as they were shouting and throwing off their outer garments, and throwing dust into the air,",
  "24": "the commander commanded him to be brought in to the fortress, commanding him to be examined by flogging, so that he might know for what reason they were shouting against him like that.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "25": "But when they had stretched him out for the whip, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, “Is it lawful for you to whip a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?”",
  "26": "And when the centurion heard this, having gone to the commander, he reported, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.”\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "27": "And so, having come, the commander said to him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” And he said, “Yes.”",
  "28": "And the commander answered, “I bought this citizenship with a large amount of money.” But Paul said, “I, however, was indeed born as one.”",
  "29": "Then those who were about to examine him drew back from him immediately, and the commander also was afraid, having learned that he was a Roman, and that he had bound him.\n\n\\ts\\*\n\\p",
  "30": "And on the next day, wanting to know for certain that which he was being accused by the Jews, he released him and commanded the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to assemble. And having brought down Paul, he placed him among them.\n\n\\ts\\*",
  "front": "\\p"
}