<vn='1'><sn="435">Men</s>, <sn="80">brethren</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3962">fathers</s>, <sn="191">hear</s> ye <sn="3450">my</s><sn="627">defense</s> which I make <sn="3568">now</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>( <sn="1161">And</s> when they <sn="191">heard</s><sn="3754">that</s> he <sn="4377">spake</s> in <sn="3588">the</s><sn="1446">Hebrew</s><sn="1258">tongue</s> to <sn="846">them</s>, they <sn="3930">kept</s> the <sn="3123">more</s><sn="2271">silence</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> he <sn="5346">saith</s>,) </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1473">I</s><sn="1510">am</s><sn="3303">verily</s> a <sn="435">man</s> which am a <sn="2453">Jew</s>, <sn="1080">born</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5019">Tarsus</s>, a city in <sn="2791">Cilicia</s>, <sn="1161">yet</s> brought <sn="397">up</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="4172">city</s><sn="3844">at</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4228">feet</s> of <sn="1059">Gamaliel</s>, and <sn="3811">taught</s><sn="2596">according</s> to the perfect <sn="195">manner</s> of the <sn="3551">law</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3971">fathers</s>, and <sn="5225">was</s><sn="2207">zealous</s> toward <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2531">as</s><sn="5210">ye</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="2075">are</s> this <sn="4594">day</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="*3739">I</s><sn="1377">persecuted</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="3598">way</s><sn="891">unto</s> the <sn="2288">death</s>, <sn="1195">binding</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3860">delivering</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="5438">prisons</s><sn="5037">both</s><sn="435">men</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1135">women</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="5613">As</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="3588">the</s> high <sn="749">priest</s> doth bear me <sn="3140 3427">witness</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s> estate of the <sn="4244">elders</s>: <sn="3844">from</s><sn="3739">whom</s><sn="2532">also</s> I <sn="1209">received</s><sn="1992">letters</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="80">brethren</s>, and <sn="4198">went</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="1154">Damascus</s>, to <sn="71">bring</s> them which <sn="5607">were</s><sn="1566">there</s><sn="1210">bound</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>, for <sn="2443">to</s> be <sn="5097">punished</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, that, as <sn="3427">I</s> made my <sn="4198">journey</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> was come <sn="1448">nigh</s> unto <sn="1154">Damascus</s><sn="4012">about</s><sn="3314">noon</s>, <sn="1810">suddenly</s> there <sn="4015">shone</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3772">heaven</s> a <sn="2425">great</s><sn="5457">light</s> round <sn="4012">about</s><sn="1691">me</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="5037">And</s> I <sn="4098">fell</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1475">ground</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="191">heard</s> a <sn="5456">voice</s><sn="3004">saying</s> unto <sn="3427">me</s>, <sn="4549">Saul</s>, <sn="4549">Saul</s>, <sn="5101">why</s><sn="1377">persecutest</s> thou <sn="3165">me</s>? </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="611">answered</s>, <sn="5101">Who</s><sn="1488">art</s> thou, <sn="2962">Lord</s>? <sn="5037">And</s> he <sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3165">me</s>, <sn="1473">I</s><sn="1510">am</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s> of <sn="3480">Nazareth</s>, <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="4771">thou</s><sn="1377">persecutest</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1161">And</s> they that <sn="5607">were</s><sn="4862">with</s><sn="1698">me</s><sn="2300">saw</s><sn="3303">indeed</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5457">light</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1096">were</s><sn="1719">afraid</s>; <sn="1161">but</s> they <sn="191">heard</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5456">voice</s> of him that <sn="2980">spake</s> to <sn="3427">me</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1161">And</s> I <sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="5101">What</s> shall I <sn="4160">do</s>, <sn="2962">Lord</s>? <sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3165">me</s>, <sn="450">Arise</s>, and <sn="4198">go</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="1154">Damascus</s>; and <sn="2546">there</s> it shall be <sn="2980">told</s><sn="4671">thee</s><sn="4012">of</s> all <sn="3956">things</s><sn="3739">which</s> are <sn="5021">appointed</s> for <sn="4671">thee</s> to <sn="4160">do</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5613">when</s> I could <sn="3756">not</s><sn="1689">see</s><sn="575">for</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1391">glory</s> of <sn="1565">that</s><sn="5457">light</s>, being led by the <sn="5496">hand</s><sn="5259">of</s> them that were <sn="4895">with</s><sn="3427">me</s>, I <sn="2064">came</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="1154">Damascus</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5100">one</s><sn="367">Ananias</s>, a <sn="2152">devout</s><sn="435">man</s><sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3551">law</s>, having a good <sn="3140">report</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s> which <sn="2730">dwelt</s> there, </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2064">Came</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3165">me</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2186">stood</s>, and <sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="3427">me</s>, <sn="80">Brother</s><sn="4549">Saul</s>, receive thy <sn="308">sight</s>. And <sn="3588">the</s><sn="846">same</s><sn="5610">hour</s><sn="2504">I</s> looked <sn="308">up</s><sn="1519">upon</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3588">he</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="3588">The</s><sn="2316">God</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="3962">fathers</s> hath <sn="4400">chosen</s><sn="4571">thee</s>, that thou shouldest <sn="1097">know</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="2307">will</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1492">see</s> that Just <sn="1342">One</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> shouldest <sn="191">hear</s> the <sn="5456">voice</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="4750">mouth</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3754">For</s> thou shalt <sn="2071">be</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3144">witness</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="444">men</s> of <sn="3739">what</s> thou hast <sn="3708">seen</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="191">heard</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3568">now</s><sn="5101">why</s><sn="3195">tarriest</s> thou? <sn="450">arise</s>, and be <sn="907">baptized</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> wash <sn="628">away</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="266">sins</s>, calling <sn="1941">on</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1161">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s>, that, when <sn="3427">I</s> was come <sn="5290">again</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="2532">even</s> while <sn="3450">I</s><sn="4336">prayed</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2411">temple</s>, <sn="3165">I</s><sn="1096">was</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="1611">trance</s>; </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="1492">saw</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3004">saying</s> unto <sn="3427">me</s>, Make <sn="4692">haste</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1831">get</s> thee <sn="1722 5034">quickly</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="2419">Jerusalem</s>: <sn="1360">for</s> they will <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3858">receive</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="3141">testimony</s><sn="4012">concerning</s><sn="1700">me</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="2504">I</s><sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="846">they</s><sn="1987">know</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="2252 5439">imprisoned</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1194">beat</s> in every <sn="2596 4864">synagogue</s> them that <sn="4100">believed</s><sn="1909">on</s><sn="4571">thee</s>: </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3753">when</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="129">blood</s> of <sn="4675">thy</s><sn="3144">martyr</s><sn="4736">Stephen</s> was <sn="1632">shed</s>, <sn="848">I</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="2252">was</s> standing <sn="2186">by</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4909">consenting</s> unto <sn="848">his</s><sn="336">death</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5442">kept</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2440">raiment</s> of them that <sn="337">slew</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="3165">me</s>, <sn="4198">Depart</s>: <sn="3754">for</s><sn="1473">I</s> will <sn="1821">send</s><sn="4571">thee</s> far <sn="3112">hence</s><sn="1519">unto</s> the <sn="1484">Gentiles</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="1161">And</s> they gave him <sn="191 846">audience</s><sn="891">unto</s><sn="5127">this</s><sn="3056">word</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> then lifted <sn="1869">up</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="5456">voices</s>, and <sn="3004">said</s>, <sn="142">Away</s> with <sn="5108">such</s> a fellow <sn="575">from</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> it is not <sn="2520 3756">fit</s> that <sn="846">he</s> should <sn="2198">live</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1161">And</s> as <sn="846">they</s> cried <sn="2905">out</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> cast <sn="4495">off</s> their <sn="2440">clothes</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="906">threw</s><sn="2868">dust</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="109">air</s>, </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3588">The</s> chief <sn="5506">captain</s><sn="2753">commanded</s><sn="846">him</s> to be <sn="71">brought</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3925">castle</s>, and <sn="2036">bade</s> that <sn="846">he</s> should be <sn="426">examined</s> by <sn="3148">scourging</s>; <sn="2443">that</s> he might <sn="1921">know</s><sn="1223 3739 156">wherefore</s> they cried so <sn="2019 3779">against</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="5613">as</s> they <sn="4385">bound</s><sn="846">him</s> with <sn="2438">thongs</s>, <sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="2036">said</s><sn="4314">unto</s> the <sn="1543">centurion</s> that stood <sn="2476">by</s>, Is it <sn="1832">lawful</s> for <sn="5213">you</s> to <sn="3147">scourge</s> a <sn="444">man</s> that is a <sn="4514">Roman</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="178">uncondemned</s>? </v>
<vn='26'><sn="1161">When</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1543">centurion</s><sn="191">heard</s> that, he <sn="4334">went</s> and <sn="518">told</s><sn="3588">the</s> chief <sn="5506">captain</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, Take <sn="3708">heed</s><sn="5101">what</s><sn="*3195">thou</s><sn="4160">doest</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="3778">this</s><sn="444">man</s><sn="2076">is</s> a <sn="4514">Roman</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="1161">Then</s><sn="3588">the</s> chief <sn="5506">captain</s><sn="4334">came</s>, and <sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3004">Tell</s><sn="3427">me</s>, <sn="1488">art</s><sn="4771">thou</s> a <sn="4514">Roman</s>? <sn="3588">He</s><sn="5346">said</s>, <sn="3483">Yea</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="5037">And</s><sn="3588">the</s> chief <sn="5506">captain</s><sn="611">answered</s>, With a <sn="4183">great</s><sn="2774">sum</s><sn="2932">obtained</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="4174">freedom</s>. <sn="1161">And</s><sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="5346">said</s>, <sn="1161">But</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="*2532">was</s> free <sn="1080">born</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="3767">Then</s><sn="2112">straightway</s> they <sn="868">departed</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="846">him</s> which <sn="3195">should</s> have <sn="426">examined</s><sn="846">him</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s> chief <sn="5506">captain</s><sn="1161">also</s> was <sn="5399">afraid</s>, after he <sn="1921">knew</s><sn="3754">that</s> he <sn="2076">was</s> a <sn="4514">Roman</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3754">because</s> he <sn="2258">had</s><sn="1210">bound</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="*1161">On</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1887">morrow</s>, because he <sn="1014">would</s> have <sn="1097">known</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="804">certainty</s><sn="5101">wherefore</s> he was <sn="2723">accused</s><sn="3844">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s>, he <sn="3089">loosed</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="575">from</s> his <sn="1199">bands</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2753">commanded</s><sn="3588">the</s> chief <sn="749">priests</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3650">all</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="4892">council</s> to <sn="2064">appear</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> brought Paul <sn="2609 3972">down</s>, and <sn="2476">set</s> him <sn="1519">before</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>