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