( V) He was a devout observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living there. ( U)ġ2 “A man named Ananias came to see me. There you will be told all that you have been assigned to do.’ ( T) 11 My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because the brilliance of the light had blinded me. “ ‘Get up,’ the Lord said, ‘and go into Damascus. 9 My companions saw the light, ( R) but they did not understand the voice ( S) of him who was speaking to me. “ ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, ( Q) whom you are persecuting,’ he replied. ( P) 7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul! Saul! Why do you persecute me?’ I even obtained letters from them to their associates ( N) in Damascus, ( O) and went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.Ħ “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven flashed around me. 4 I persecuted ( J) the followers of this Way ( K) to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison, ( L) 5 as the high priest and all the Council ( M) can themselves testify.
( H) I was just as zealous ( I) for God as any of you are today. I studied under ( F) Gamaliel ( G) and was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors. Then Paul said: 3 “I am a Jew, ( C) born in Tarsus ( D) of Cilicia, ( E) but brought up in this city. 22 1 “Brothers and fathers, ( A) listen now to my defense.”Ģ When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, ( B) they became very quiet.
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