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Scripture passage in Acts 17:22

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

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

For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

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.

But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,

Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul , receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.

And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem : for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me.

When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.

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.

And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

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;

And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.