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Acts Chapter 22

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Paul is brought before the Roman governor and is questioned about his mission. He declares that he has been a servant of Christ and has no fear of the government. The chapter shows his steadfast faith amid persecution.

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(1) Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.
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Acts 7:2Acts 13:26Acts 23:1Acts 23:6Acts 28:17Acts 19:33Acts 24:10Acts 25:8Acts 25:16Acts 26:1Acts 26:2Acts 26:24

(2) (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
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Acts 21:40

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Acts 21:40Revelation 9:11

(3) I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
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Acts 21:39Romans 11:1II Corinthians 11:22Philippians 3:5Acts 9:11Acts 9:30Acts 11:25Acts 6:9Acts 15:23Acts 15:41Acts 23:34Galatians 1:21

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Zechariah 14:4I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Deuteronomy 28:54

(4) And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
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Acts 22:19Acts 22:20Acts 7:58Acts 8:1Acts 8:2Acts 8:3Acts 8:4Acts 9:1Acts 9:2Acts 9:13Acts 9:14Acts 9:21

(5) As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
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Acts 9:1Acts 9:2Acts 9:14Acts 26:10Acts 26:12Acts 4:5Acts 5:21Luke 22:66Acts 22:1Romans 9:3Romans 9:4

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II Samuel 18:20John 1:7John 5:31John 5:36John 8:18Acts 9:2

(6) And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me.
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Acts 9:3Acts 9:4Acts 9:5Acts 26:12Genesis 14:15Genesis 15:2II Samuel 8:6Acts 26:13Isaiah 24:23Matthew 17:2Revelation 1:16

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Isaiah 30:26Acts 9:3Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36Numbers 11:31

(7) And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
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Genesis 3:9Genesis 16:8Genesis 22:1Genesis 22:11Exodus 3:4I Samuel 3:10Isaiah 43:22Isaiah 43:23Isaiah 43:24Isaiah 43:25Isaiah 43:26Jeremiah 2:5

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Ruth 2:10Judges 5:27Acts 9:4I Samuel 1:8

(8) And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
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Acts 3:6Acts 4:10Acts 6:14Matthew 2:23Acts 26:14Acts 26:15Exodus 16:7Exodus 16:8I Samuel 8:7Zechariah 2:8Matthew 10:40Matthew 10:41

(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.
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Acts 9:7Daniel 10:7John 12:29John 12:30

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Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6

(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.
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Acts 2:37Acts 9:6Acts 10:33Acts 16:30Psalms 25:8Psalms 25:9Psalms 143:8Psalms 143:9Psalms 143:10Acts 22:12Acts 22:13Acts 22:14

(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.
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Acts 9:8Acts 9:9Acts 13:11Isaiah 42:16

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Isaiah 30:26Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36

(12) And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,
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Acts 9:10Acts 9:11Acts 9:12Acts 9:13Acts 9:14Acts 9:15Acts 9:16Acts 9:17Acts 9:18Acts 8:2Acts 17:4Luke 2:25

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Esther 8:17John 19:21

(13) Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
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Acts 9:17Philemon 1:16

(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.
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Acts 3:13Acts 5:30Acts 13:17Acts 24:14Exodus 3:13Exodus 3:14Exodus 3:15Exodus 3:16Exodus 15:2II Kings 21:22I Chronicles 12:17I Chronicles 29:18

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Obadiah 1:12II Kings 14:10II Chronicles 25:19Job 7:17Job 10:3Job 38:20

(15) For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.
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Acts 1:8Acts 1:22Acts 10:39Acts 10:40Acts 10:41Acts 23:11Acts 26:16Acts 26:17Acts 26:18Acts 27:24Luke 24:47Luke 24:48

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I Samuel 12:5I John 5:9

(16) And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
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Psalms 119:60Jeremiah 8:14Acts 2:38Romans 6:3Romans 6:4I Corinthians 6:11I Corinthians 12:13Galatians 3:27Titus 3:5Hebrews 10:22I Peter 3:21Acts 2:21

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I Samuel 1:8Luke 24:38I Corinthians 15:29

(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;
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Acts 9:26Acts 9:27Acts 9:28Galatians 1:18Acts 10:9Acts 10:10II Corinthians 12:1II Corinthians 12:2II Corinthians 12:3II Corinthians 12:4Revelation 1:10

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II Kings 11:11II Chronicles 23:10Ezra 5:14Jeremiah 7:4I Corinthians 3:17

(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.
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Matthew 10:14Matthew 10:23Luke 21:21Acts 3:19Ezekiel 3:6Ezekiel 3:7

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Jeremiah 16:3Jeremiah 27:19Ruth 4:7Deuteronomy 9:12

(19) And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
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Acts 22:4Acts 8:3Acts 9:1Acts 26:9Acts 26:10Acts 26:11Acts 26:12Matthew 10:17

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Acts 18:8

(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.
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Revelation 2:13Revelation 17:6Acts 7:58Acts 8:1Luke 11:48Romans 1:32

(21) And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
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Acts 9:15Acts 13:2Acts 13:46Acts 13:47Acts 18:6Acts 26:17Acts 26:18Romans 1:5Romans 11:13Romans 15:16Romans 16:26Galatians 1:15

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Lamentations 4:15

(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.
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Acts 7:54Acts 7:55Acts 7:56Acts 7:57Acts 21:36Acts 25:24Luke 23:18John 19:15

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Romans 14:8Galatians 2:20

(23) And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,
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Acts 7:53Acts 26:11Ecclesiastes 10:3

(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.
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Acts 21:31Acts 21:32Acts 23:10Acts 23:27Acts 22:25Acts 22:26Acts 22:27Acts 22:28Acts 22:29Acts 16:22Acts 16:23Acts 16:37

(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?
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Acts 10:1Acts 23:17Acts 27:1Acts 27:3Acts 27:43Matthew 8:8Matthew 27:54Acts 22:27Acts 22:28Acts 16:37Acts 25:16

(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.
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Acts 22:29Acts 23:27

(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.
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Acts 22:24Hebrews 11:35Acts 22:25Acts 22:26Acts 16:38Acts 16:39

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Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6

(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.
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Acts 21:11Acts 21:33Acts 23:28Acts 26:29Matthew 27:2Acts 22:5Acts 5:21Acts 23:15Matthew 10:17

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Acts 23:20II Kings 24:2Esther 8:17John 19:21Acts 18:14

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