Hi, and welcome again
to HIS WORDS ARE LIFE,
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I'm Kelly Mowrer.
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Today we'll be reading
from the King James Version
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in the book of Acts,
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but before we start
let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, we come apart now to
spend time with You reading the
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words that You've given to
us to guide us, to comfort us,
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to help us to
understand You better,
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and some of us come with burdens
in our heart about finances,
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or health, or
family, people we love a lot.
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Please take those burdens, and
at the end of this time may we
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sense You with us in a closer
way, and may we know how much
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You care for us, and how
much You love us, more than we
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did before, and may we love
You more and serve you better.
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Thank you, Jesus. Amen.
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I'm reading from the King James
Version, in the book of Acts,
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Chapter 20.
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Paul is speaking and
we'll begin with Verse 22.
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And now, behold, I go bound
in the spirit unto Jerusalem,
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not knowing the things
that shall befall me there:
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save that the Holy Ghost
witnesseth in every city,
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saying that bonds
and afflictions abide me.
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But none of these things move
me, neither count I my life dear
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unto myself, so that I
might finish my course with joy,
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and the ministry, which I
have received of the Lord Jesus,
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to testify the
gospel of the grace of God.
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And now, behold, I know that
ye all, among whom I have gone
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preaching the kingdom of
God, shall see my face no more.
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Wherefore I take you to record
this day, that I am pure from
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the blood of all men.
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For I have not shunned
to declare unto you all the
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counsel of God.
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Take heed therefore unto
yourselves, and to all the
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flock, over the which the Holy
Ghost hath made you overseers,
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to feed the church of God,
which he hath purchased with
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his own blood.
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For I know this, that after my
departing shall grievous wolves
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enter in among you,
not sparing the flock.
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Also of your own selves shall
men arise, speaking perverse
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things, to draw away
disciples after them.
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Therefore watch, and remember,
that by the space of three years
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I ceased not to warn every
one night and day with tears.
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And now, brethren, I commend
you to God, and to the word of
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his grace, which is able to
build you up, and to give you an
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inheritance among all
them which are sanctified.
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I have coveted no man's
silver, or gold, or apparel.
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Yea, ye yourselves know, that
these hands have ministered unto
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my necessities, and to
them that were with me.
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I have showed you all things,
how that so laboring ye ought to
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support the weak, and to
remember the words of the Lord
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Jesus, how he said, It is more
blessed to give than to receive.
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And when he had thus spoken,
he kneeled down, and prayed
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with them all.
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And they all wept sore, and fell
on Paul's neck, and kissed him,
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Sorrowing most of all
for the words which he spake,
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that they should
see his face no more.
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And they
accompanied him unto the ship.
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Again, we're reading from
the book of Acts, the King James
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Version, starting
out with Chapter 21.
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And it came to pass, that
after we were gotten from them,
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and had launched, we came with
a straight course unto Coos,
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and the day following unto
Rhodes, and from thence unto
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Patara: and finding a ship
sailing over unto Phoenicia,
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we went aboard, and set forth.
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Now when we had discovered
Cyprus, we left it on the left
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hand, and sailed into Syria, and
landed at Tyre: for there the
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ship was to unlade her burden.
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And finding disciples,
we tarried there seven days:
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who said to Paul through
the Spirit, that he should not
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go up to Jerusalem.
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And when we had accomplished
those days, we departed and went
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our way; and they all brought
us on our way, with wives and
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children, till we were out
of the city: and we kneeled down
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on the shore, and prayed.
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And when we had taken our leave
one of another, we took ship;
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and they returned home again.
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And when we had finished
our course from Tyre, we came to
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Ptolemais, and saluted
the brethren, and abode with
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them one day.
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And the next day we that
were of Paul's company departed,
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and came unto Caesarea; and we
entered into the house of Philip
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the evangelist, which was one of
the seven; and abode with him.
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And the same man had
four daughters, virgins,
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which did prophesy.
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And as we tarried there many
days, there came down from Judea
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a certain prophet, named Agabus.
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And when he was come unto
us, he took Paul's girdle,
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and bound his own hands and
feet, and said, Thus saith the
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Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews
at Jerusalem bind the man that
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owneth this girdle, and
shall deliver him into the hands
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of the Gentiles.
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And when we heard these things,
both we, and they of that place,
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besought him not
to go up to Jerusalem.
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Then Paul answered, What mean ye
to weep and to break mine heart?
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for I am ready not to be
bound only, but also to die at
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Jerusalem for the
name of the Lord Jesus.
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And when he would not be
persuaded, we ceased, saying,
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The will of the Lord be done.
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And after those days
we took up our carriages,
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and went up to Jerusalem.
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There went with us also certain
of the disciples of Caesarea,
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and brought with them one Mnason
of Cyprus, an old disciple,
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with whom we should lodge.
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And when we were come
to Jerusalem, the brethren
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received us gladly.
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And the day following Paul
went in with us unto James;
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and all the elders were present.
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And when he had saluted them,
he declared particularly what
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things God had wrought among
the Gentiles by his ministry.
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And when they heard it,
they glorified the Lord,
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and said unto him, Thou seest,
brother, how many thousands of
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Jews there are which believe;
and they are all zealous of the
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law: and they are informed of
thee, that thou teachest all the
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Jews which are among the
Gentiles to forsake Moses,
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saying that they ought not
to circumcise their children,
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neither to walk
after the customs.
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What is it therefore?
the multitude must needs come
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together: for they will
hear that thou art come.
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Do therefore this that we say
to thee: We have four men which
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have a vow on them; them take,
and purify thyself with them,
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and be at charges with them,
that they may shave their heads:
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and all may know that
those things, whereof they were
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informed concerning thee, are
nothing; but that thou thyself
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also walkest
orderly, and keepest the law.
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As touching the Gentiles
which believe, we have written
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and concluded that they observe
no such thing, save only that
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they keep themselves
from things offered to idols,
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and from blood, and from
strangled, and from fornication.
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Then Paul took the men, and the
next day purifying himself with
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them entered into the temple,
to signify the accomplishment of
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the days of purification,
until that an offering should be
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offered for every one of them.
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And when the seven days were
almost ended, the Jews which
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were of Asia, when they saw him
in the temple, stirred up all
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the people, and laid hands on
him, crying out, Men of Israel,
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help: This is the man, that
teacheth all men every where
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against the people, and the
law, and this place: and further
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brought Greeks also into
the temple, and hath polluted
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this holy place.
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(For they had seen before with
him in the city Trophimus an
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Ephesian, whom they
supposed that Paul had brought
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into the temple.)
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And all the city was moved,
and the people ran together:
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and they took Paul, and
drew him out of the temple:
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and forthwith
the doors were shut.
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And as they went about to kill
him, tidings came unto the chief
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captain of the band, that
all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
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Who immediately took soldiers
and centurions, and ran down
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unto them: and when they
saw the chief captain and the
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soldiers, they
left beating of Paul.
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then the chief captain
came near, and took him,
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and commanded him to be bound
with two chains; and demanded
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who he was, and
what he had done.
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And some cried one thing, some
another, among the multitude:
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and when he could not know
the certainty for the tumult,
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he commanded him to be
carried into the castle.
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And when he came upon the
stairs, so it was, that he was
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borne of the soldiers for
the violence of the people.
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For the multitude of the
people followed after, crying,
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Away with him.
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And as Paul was to be led into
the castle, he said unto the
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chief captain,
May I speak unto thee?
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Who said, Canst
thou speak Greek?
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Art not thou that Egyptian,
which before these days madest
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an uproar, and leddest out into
the wilderness four thousand men
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that were murderers?
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But Paul said, I am a man which
am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in
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Cilicia, a citizen of no
mean city: and, I beseech thee,
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suffer me to
speak unto the people.
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And when he had given him
license, Paul stood on the
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stairs, and beckoned
with the hand unto the people.
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And when there was made a great
silence, he spake unto them
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in the Hebrew tongue, saying
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Again, we're reading from
the book of Acts, Chapter 22.
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Men, brethren, and fathers,
hear ye my defense which I make
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now unto you.
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(And when they hard that he
spake in the Hebrew tongue to
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them, they kept the
more silence: and he saith,)
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I am verily a man which am a
Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in
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Cilicia, yet brought up in this
city at the feet of Gamaliel,
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and taught according to the
perfect manner of the law of the
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fathers, and was zealous toward
God, as ye all are this day.
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And I persecuted this way
unto the death, binding and
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delivering into
prisons both men and women.
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As also the high priest doth
bear me witness, and all the
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estate of the elders: from whom
also I received letters unto the
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brethren, and went to Damascus,
to bring them which were there
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bound unto
Jerusalem, for to be punished.
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And it came to pass, that, as
I made my journey, and was come
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nigh unto Damascus about noon,
suddenly there shown from heaven
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a great light round about me.
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And I fell unto the ground, and
heard a voice saying unto me,
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Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me?
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And I answered,
Who art thou, Lord?
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And he said unto me,
I am Jesus of Nazareth,
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whom thou persecutest.
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And they that were with
me saw indeed the light,
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and were afraid; but they
heard not the voice of him that
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spake to me.
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And I said,
What shall I do Lord?
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And the Lord said unto me,
Arise, and go into Damascus;
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and there it shall be told
thee of all things which are
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appointed for thee to do.
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And when I could not see
for the glory of that light,
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being led by the hand
of them that were with me,
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I came into Damascus.
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And one Ananias, a
devout man according to the law,
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having a good report of
all the Jews which dwelt there,
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came unto me, and stood,
and said unto me, Brother Saul,
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receive thy sight.
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And the same hour
I looked up upon him.
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And he said, The God of
our fathers hath chosen thee,
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that thou shouldest know
his will, and see that Just One,
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and shouldest hear
the voice of his mouth.
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For thou shalt be his witness
unto all men of what thou hast
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seen and heard.
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And now why tarriest
thou? arise, and be baptized,
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and wash away thy sins,
calling on the name of the Lord.
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And it came to pass, that, when
I was come again to Jerusalem,
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even while I prayed in
the temple, I was in a trance;
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and saw him saying unto me,
Make haste, and get the quickly
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out of Jerusalem: for they
will not receive thy testimony
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concerning me.
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And I said, Lord, they
know that I imprisoned and beat
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in every synagogue them that
believed on thee: and when the
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blood of thy martyr Stephen was
shed, I also was standing by,
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and consenting unto his death,
and kept the raiment of them
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that slew him.
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And he said unto me, Depart:
for I will send thee far hence
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unto the Gentiles.
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And they gave him audience unto
this word, and then lifted up
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their voices, and said,
Away with such a fellow from the
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earth: for it is not
fit that he should live.
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And as they cried out,
and cast off their clothes,
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and threw dust into the air,
the chief captain commanded him
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to be brought into the castle,
and bade that he should be
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examined by scourging; that
he might know wherefore they
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cried so against him.
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And as they bound him
with thongs, Paul said unto the
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centurion that stood by, Is it
lawful to you to scourge a man
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that is a
Roman, and uncondemned?
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When the centurion heard
that, he went and told the chief
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captain, saying, Take
heed what thou doest: for this
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