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Acts 21:37
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As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the fort, he spoke to the commander: "May I say something to you?" "You speak Greek, do you?" the commander asked.
Acts 21:39
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Paul answered, "I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please let me speak to the people."
Acts 21:40
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The commander gave him permission, so Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand for the people to be silent. When they were quiet, Paul spoke to them in Hebrew:
Acts 22:2
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When they heard him speaking to them in Hebrew, they became even quieter; and Paul went on:
Acts 22:22
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The people listened to Paul until he said this; but then they started shouting at the top of their voices, "Away with him! Kill him! He's not fit to live!"
Acts 22:24
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The Roman commander ordered his men to take Paul into the fort, and he told them to whip him in order to find out why the Jews were screaming like this against him.
Acts 22:25
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But when they had tied him up to be whipped, Paul said to the officer standing there, "Is it lawful for you to whip a Roman citizen who hasn't even been tried for any crime?"
Acts 22:27
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So the commander went to Paul and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," answered Paul.
Acts 22:28
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The commander said, "I became one by paying a large amount of money." "But I am one by birth," Paul answered.
Acts 22:29
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At once the men who were going to question Paul drew back from him; and the commander was frightened when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had put him in chains.
Acts 22:30
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The commander wanted to find out for sure what the Jews were accusing Paul of; so the next day he had Paul's chains taken off and ordered the chief priests and the whole Council to meet. Then he took Paul and made him stand before them.
Acts 23:1
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Paul looked straight at the Council and said, "My fellow Israelites! My conscience is perfectly clear about the way in which I have lived before God to this very day."
Acts 23:2
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The High Priest Ananias ordered those who were standing close to Paul to strike him on the mouth.
Acts 23:3
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Paul said to him, "God will certainly strike you—you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the Law, yet you break the Law by ordering them to strike me!"
Acts 23:4
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The men close to Paul said to him, "You are insulting God's High Priest!"
Acts 23:5
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Paul answered, "My fellow Israelites, I did not know that he was the High Priest. The scripture says, ‘You must not speak evil of the ruler of your people.'"
Acts 23:6
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When Paul saw that some of the group were Sadducees and the others were Pharisees, he called out in the Council, "Fellow Israelites! I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees. I am on trial here because of the hope I have that the dead will rise to life!"
Acts 23:10
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The argument became so violent that the commander was afraid that Paul would be torn to pieces. So he ordered his soldiers to go down into the group, get Paul away from them, and take him into the fort.
Acts 23:11
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That night the Lord stood by Paul and said, "Don't be afraid! You have given your witness for me here in Jerusalem, and you must also do the same in Rome."
Acts 23:12
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The next morning some Jews met together and made a plan. They took a vow that they would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul.
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