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viri fratres et patres audite quam ad vos nunc reddorationem

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cum audissent autem quia hebraea lingua loquitur ad illosmagis praestiterunt silentium

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et dixit ego sum vir iudaeus natus Tarso Ciliciae nutritusautem in ista civitate secus pedes Gamalihel eruditus iuxtaveritatem paternae legis aemulator legis sicut et vos omnesestis hodie

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qui hanc viam persecutus sum usque ad mortem alligans ettradens in custodias viros ac mulieres

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sicut princeps sacerdotum testimonium mihi reddit et omnesmaiores natu a quibus et epistulas accipiens ad fratresDamascum pergebam ut adducerem inde vinctos in Hierusalem utipunirentur

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factum est autem eunte me et adpropinquante Damasco mediadie subito de caelo circumfulsit me lux copiosa

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et decidens in terram audivi vocem dicentem mihi SauleSaule quid me persequeris

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ego autem respondi quis es Domine dixitque ad me ego sumIesus Nazarenus quem tu persequeris

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et qui mecum erant lumen quidem viderunt vocem autem nonaudierunt eius qui loquebatur mecum

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et dixi quid faciam Domine Dominus autem dixit ad mesurgens vade Damascum et ibi tibi dicetur de omnibus quae teoporteat facere

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et cum non viderem prae claritate luminis illius ad manumdeductus a comitibus veni Damascum

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Ananias autem quidam vir secundum legem testimonium habensab omnibus habitantibus Iudaeis

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veniens ad me et adstans dixit mihi Saule frater respiceet ego eadem hora respexi in eum

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at ille dixit Deus patrum nostrorum praeordinavit te utcognosceres voluntatem eius et videres Iustum et audires vocemex ore eius

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quia eris testis illius ad omnes homines eorum quaevidisti et audisti

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et nunc quid moraris exsurge baptizare et ablue peccatatua invocato nomine ipsius

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factum est autem revertenti mihi in Hierusalem et orantiin templo fieri me in stupore mentis

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et videre illum dicentem mihi festina et exi velociter exHierusalem quoniam non recipient testimonium tuum de me

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et ego dixi Domine ipsi sciunt quia ego eram concludens incarcerem et caedens per synagogas eos qui credebant in te

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et cum funderetur sanguis Stephani testis tui ego adstabamet consentiebam et custodiebam vestimenta interficientium illum

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et dixit ad me vade quoniam ego in nationes longe mittamte

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audiebant autem eum usque ad hoc verbum et levaveruntvocem suam dicentes tolle de terra eiusmodi non enim fas esteum vivere

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vociferantibus autem eis et proicientibus vestimenta suaet pulverem iactantibus in aerem

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iussit tribunus induci eum in castra et flagellis caedi ettorqueri eum ut sciret propter quam causam sic adclamarent ei

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et cum adstrinxissent eum loris dixit adstanti sibicenturioni Paulus si hominem romanum et indemnatum licet vobisflagellare

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quo audito centurio accessit ad tribunum et nuntiavitdicens quid acturus es hic enim homo civis romanus est

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accedens autem tribunus dixit illi dic mihi tu Romanus esat ille dixit etiam

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et respondit tribunus ego multa summa civitatem hancconsecutus sum et Paulus ait ego autem et natus sum

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protinus ergo discesserunt ab illo qui eum torturi eranttribunus quoque timuit postquam rescivit quia civis romanusesset et quia alligasset eum

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postera autem die volens scire diligentius qua ex causaaccusaretur a Iudaeis solvit eum et iussit sacerdotes convenireet omne concilium et producens Paulum statuit inter illos

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Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you.

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(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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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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And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

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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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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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And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

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And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard.

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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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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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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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And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:

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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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And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.

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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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And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air,

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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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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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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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Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.

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And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.

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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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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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