1
Men,
brethren,
and
fathers,
hear
ye
my
defence
[which
I
make]
now
unto
you.
2
(And
when
they
heard
that
he
spake
in
the
Hebrew
tongue
to
them,
they
kept
the
more
silence:
and
he
saith,)
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.
4
And
I
persecuted
this
way
unto
the
death,
binding
and
delivering
into
prisons
both
men
and
women.
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.
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
7
And
I
fell
unto
the
ground,
and
heard
a
voice
saying
unto
me,
Saul,
Saul,
why
persecutest
thou
8
And
I
answered,
Who
art
thou,
Lord?
And
he
said
unto
me,
I
am
Jesus
of
Nazareth,
whom
thou
persecutest.
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
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
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.
12
And
one
Ananias,
a
devout
man
according
to
the
law,
having
a
good
report
of
all
the
Jews
which
dwelt
[there],
13
Came
unto
me,
and
stood,
and
said
unto
me,
Brother
Saul,
receive
thy
sight.
And
the
same
hour
I
looked
up
upon
him.
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.
15
For
thou
shalt
be
his
witness
unto
all
men
of
what
thou
hast
seen
and
heard.
16
And
now
why
tarriest
thou?
arise,
and
be
baptized,
and
wash
away
thy
sins,
calling
on
the
name
of
the
Lord.
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;
18
And
saw
him
saying
unto
me,
Make
haste,
and
get
thee
quickly
out
of
Jerusalem:
for
they
will
not
receive
thy
testimony
concerning
19
And
I
said,
Lord,
they
know
that
I
imprisoned
and
beat
in
every
synagogue
them
that
believed
on
thee:
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.
21
And
he
said
unto
me,
Depart:
for
I
will
send
thee
far
hence
unto
the
Gentiles.
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.
23
And
as
they
cried
out,
and
cast
off
[their]
clothes,
and
threw
dust
into
the
air,
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.