Acts 22:3-16

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3} “^(A)I am ^(B)a Jew, born in ^(C)Tarsus of ^(D)Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated ^(a)under ^(E)Gamaliel, ^(b)^(F)strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as ^(G)you all are today. ^{Tools
4} ^(H)I persecuted this ^(I)Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons, ^{Tools
5} as also ^(J)the high priest and all ^(K)the Council of the elders ^(c)can testify. From them I also ^(L)received letters to ^(M)the brethren, and started off for ^(N)Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem ^(d)as prisoners to be punished.

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6} “^(O)But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me, ^{Tools
7} and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’ ^{Tools
8} And I answered, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said to me, ‘I am ^(P)Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.’ ^{Tools
9} And those who were with me ^(Q)saw the light, to be sure, but ^(R)did not ^(e)understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me. ^{Tools
10} And I said, ‘^(S)What shall I do, Lord?’ And the Lord said to me, ‘Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.’ ^{Tools
11} But since I ^(T)could not see because of the ^(f)brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus.

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12} “A certain ^(U)Ananias, a man who was devout by the standard of the Law, and ^(V)well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there, ^{Tools
13} came to me, and standing near said to me, ‘^(W)Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ And ^(g)^(X)at that very time I looked up at him. ^{Tools
14} And he said, ‘^(Y)The God of our fathers has ^(Z)appointed you to know His will and to ^(AA)see the ^(AB)Righteous One and to hear an ^(h)utterance from His mouth. ^{Tools
15} For you will be ^(AC)a witness for Him to all men of ^(AD)what you have seen and heard. ^{Tools
16} Now why do you delay? ^(AE)Get up and be baptized, and ^(AF)wash away your sins, ^(AG)calling on His name.’

Footnotes:

a. Acts 22:3: ['Lit ', at the feet of]

b. Acts 22:3: ['Lit ', according to the strictness of the ancestral law]

c. Acts 22:5: ['Lit ', testifies for me]

d. Acts 22:5: ['Lit ', having been bound]

e. Acts 22:9: ['Or ', hear, ' (with comprehension)']

f. Acts 22:11: ['Lit ', glory]

g. Acts 22:13: ['Or ', instantly, '; lit ', at the very hour]

h. Acts 22:14: ['Or ', message, '; lit ', voice]

Cross references:

A. Acts 22:3: Acts 9:1-22; Acts 22:3-16; Acts 26:9-18

B. Acts 22:3: Acts 21:39

C. Acts 22:3: Acts 9:11

D. Acts 22:3: Acts 6:9

E. Acts 22:3: Acts 5:34

F. Acts 22:3: Acts 23:6; Acts 26:5; Philippians 3:6

G. Acts 22:3: Acts 21:20

H. Acts 22:4: Acts 8:3; Acts 26:9-11

I. Acts 22:4: Acts 9:2

J. Acts 22:5: Acts 9:1

K. Acts 22:5: Luke 22:66; Acts 5:21; 1 Timothy 4:14

L. Acts 22:5: Acts 9:2

M. Acts 22:5: Acts 2:29; Acts 3:17; Acts 13:26; Acts 23:1; Acts 28:17; Acts 28:21; Romans 9:3

N. Acts 22:5: Acts 9:2

O. Acts 22:6: Acts 22:6-11; Acts 26:12-18

P. Acts 22:8: Acts 26:9

Q. Acts 22:9: Acts 26:13

R. Acts 22:9: Acts 9:7

S. Acts 22:10: Acts 16:30

T. Acts 22:11: Acts 9:8

U. Acts 22:12: Acts 9:10

V. Acts 22:12: Acts 6:3; Acts 10:22

W. Acts 22:13: Acts 9:17

X. Acts 22:13: Acts 9:18

Y. Acts 22:14: Acts 3:13

Z. Acts 22:14: Acts 9:15; Acts 26:16

AA. Acts 22:14: Acts 9:17; Acts 26:16; 1 Corinthians 9:1; 1 Corinthians 15:8

AB. Acts 22:14: Acts 7:52

AC. Acts 22:15: Acts 23:11; Acts 26:16

AD. Acts 22:15: Acts 22:14

AE. Acts 22:16: Acts 9:18

AF. Acts 22:16: Acts 2:38; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Ephesians 5:26; Hebrews 10:22

AG. Acts 22:16: Acts 7:59