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1 “Brothers and fathers,” he said, “Please listen as I give my defense before you.”
1 “Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you.”
2 When they heard him speaking to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet.
2 When they heard that he spoke to them in the Hebrew language, they were even more quiet. He said,
3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia,” he began. “However, I was brought up here in this city, and sat at the feet of Gamaliel. I was taught to strictly observe the law of our fathers. I was zealous for God, just like all of you here today,
3 “I am indeed a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, instructed according to the strict tradition of the law of our fathers, being zealous for God, even as you all are today.
4 and I persecuted the people of this Way—having them put to death, and imprisoning both men and women.
4 I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women,
5 As the high priest and the council of the elders can also verify, I received from them letters of authorization addressed to the Jewish brothers in Damascus, and went there to arrest these people and bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
5 as also the high priest and all the council of the elders testify, from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and traveled to Damascus to bring them also who were there to Jerusalem in bonds to be punished.
6 At around noon, while I was on my way and approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven shone all around me.
6 “As I made my journey and came close to Damascus, about noon suddenly a great light shone around me from the sky.
7 I fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
8 ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I answered. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting,’ he told me.
8 I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.’
9 Those who were traveling with me did see the light, but they didn't hear the voice that spoke to me.
9 “Those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they didn’t understand the voice of him who spoke to me.
10 ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked. The Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you'll be told everything that's arranged for you to do.’
10 I said, ‘What shall I do, Lord?’ The Lord said to me, ‘Arise, and go into Damascus. There you will be told about all things which are appointed for you to do.’
11 Since I couldn't see because of the brightness of the light, those who were with me led me by the hand into Damascus.
11 When I couldn’t see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.
12 There a man called Ananias came to see me. He was a religious man who observed the law, and was highly respected by the Jews who lived in the town.
12 “One Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well reported of by all the Jews who lived in Damascus,
13 He stood in front of me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive back your sight.’ At that very moment I could see again, and I looked at him.
13 came to me, and standing by me said to me, ‘Brother Saul, receive your sight!’ In that very hour I looked up at him.
14 He told me, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, to see the one who is truly good and right, and to listen to what he has to say to you.
14 He said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
15 You will testify for him to everyone about what you have seen and heard. So what are you waiting for?
15 For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and heard.
16 Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins as you call on his name.’
16 Now why do you wait? Arise, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.’
17 I returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance.
17 “When I had returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance
18 I saw a vision of the Lord telling me, ‘Hurry! You need to leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept what you are telling them about me.’
18 and saw him saying to me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’
19 I replied, ‘Lord, they certainly know that I went from synagogue to synagogue, beating and imprisoning those who trusted in you.
19 I said, ‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.
20 When Stephen was killed for testifying about you I was standing there in full agreement with those who killed him, holding their coats for them.’
20 When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’
21 The Lord told me, ‘Leave now, for I am sending you far away to the foreigners.’”
21 “He said to me, ‘Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’ ”
22 Up until this point they had listened to what he was saying, but then they started shouting, “Get rid of this man from the earth—he doesn't deserve to live!”
22 They listened to him until he said that; then they lifted up their voice and said, “Rid the earth of this fellow, for he isn’t fit to live!”
23 They screamed and tore off their coats and threw dust into the air.
23 As they cried out, threw off their cloaks, and threw dust into the air,
24 The commander ordered Paul brought into the fortress, and gave orders for him to be interrogated by flogging so he could find out the reason people were shouting so much against Paul.
24 the commanding officer commanded him to be brought into the barracks, ordering him to be examined by scourging, that he might know for what crime they shouted against him like that.
25 As they stretched him out and tied him down to flog him, Paul asked the centurion standing there, “Is it legal to flog a Roman citizen who hasn't had a trial?”
25 When they had tied him up with straps, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”
26 When the centurion heard what Paul said, he went to the commander and asked him, “What are you doing? This man is a Roman citizen.”
26 When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”
27 The commander came, and asked Paul, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” Paul replied, “Yes I am.”
27 The commanding officer came and asked him, “Tell me, are you a Roman?” He said, “Yes.”
28 “I paid a lot of money to buy Roman citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
28 The commanding officer answered, “I bought my citizenship for a great price.” Paul said, “But I was born a Roman.”
29 Those who were about to interrogate Paul left immediately. The commander was worried when he found out that Paul was a Roman citizen because he had placed him in chains.
29 Immediately those who were about to examine him departed from him, and the commanding officer also was afraid when he realized that he was a Roman, because he had bound him.
30 The next day, wanting to find out the reason why the Jews were accusing Paul, he had him released and taken before the chief priests and the whole council which he ordered to assemble. He had Paul brought down and placed him before them.
30 But on the next day, desiring to know the truth about why he was accused by the Jews, he freed him from the bonds and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.
Personas y lugares de este capítulo
Del árbol genealógico y los mapas bíblicos de este sitio (en inglés), solo donde esas guías citan este capítulo.
Personas
Ananias
A disciple at Damascus whom the Lord sent to lay hands on Saul, restore his sight, and baptize him.
Citado en la guía: Acts 9:10; Acts 9:17; Acts 22:12
Gamaliel
A respected Pharisee on the Sanhedrin who counseled leaving the apostles alone; Paul later said he had been educated at his feet.
Citado en la guía: Acts 5:34; Acts 22:3
Lugares
Tarsus
A wealthy university city in Cilicia and Paul's hometown. He was also a Roman citizen by birth (Acts 22:28), which shaped his missionary strategy and legal appeals.
Citado en la guía: Acts 9:11; Acts 21:39; Acts 22:3
Referencias cruzadas (28)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Hechos 7:2; 2 Timoteo 4:16; Hechos 13:26; Hechos 23:6; Hechos 23:1
- 2 Hechos 21:40
- 3 Filipenses 3:5–6; Hechos 26:5; Hechos 9:11; Hechos 5:34; Hechos 21:39
- 4 Hechos 22:19–20; 1 Timoteo 1:13–15; Hechos 26:9–11; Hechos 8:1–4; 1 Corintios 15:9
- 5 Hechos 9:1–2; Lucas 22:66; Hechos 5:21; Hechos 22:1; Hechos 13:26
- 6 Hechos 26:12–18; Hechos 9:3–8; Apocalipsis 1:16; Génesis 15:2; 2 Samuel 8:6
- 7 Jeremías 2:9; Mateo 25:45; 1 Timoteo 1:13; Génesis 22:1; 1 Samuel 3:10
- 8 Hechos 26:9; 1 Samuel 8:7; Mateo 10:40–42; Hechos 6:14; Mateo 25:45
- 9 Hechos 9:7; Daniel 10:7; Hechos 26:13; Juan 12:29–30
- 10 Hechos 16:30; Hechos 26:16–18; Hechos 22:12–16; Hechos 2:37; Salmo 25:8–9
- 11 Hechos 9:8–9; Hechos 13:11; Isaías 42:16
- 12 Hechos 10:22; Hechos 6:3; 3 Juan 12; Hechos 17:4; 2 Corintios 6:8
- 13 Hechos 9:17–18; Filemón 16
- 14 Gálatas 1:12; 1 Corintios 15:8; 1 Corintios 9:1; Hechos 26:16; Hechos 9:15
- 15 Hechos 23:11; Hechos 4:20; Juan 15:27; Lucas 24:47–48; Hechos 1:8
- 16 Hechos 2:38; Hechos 2:21; Tito 3:5; Hebreos 10:22; 1 Corintios 6:11
- 17 2 Corintios 12:1–4; Hechos 10:9–10; Hechos 9:26–28; Hechos 26:20; Apocalipsis 1:10
- 18 Hechos 9:29; Mateo 10:14; Ezequiel 3:6–7; Lucas 21:21; Hechos 3:19
- 19 Hechos 22:4; Mateo 10:17; Hechos 8:3; Hechos 9:1; Hechos 26:9–12
- 20 Hechos 7:58; Hechos 8:1; Romanos 1:32; Apocalipsis 2:13; Lucas 11:48
- 21 Hechos 9:15; 1 Timoteo 2:7; Efesios 3:6–8; Romanos 15:16; Gálatas 2:7–8
- 22 Hechos 25:24; Hechos 21:36; Juan 19:15; Lucas 23:18; Hechos 7:54–57
- 23 2 Samuel 16:13; Eclesiastés 10:3; Hechos 7:58; Hechos 26:11; Hechos 7:53
- 24 Juan 19:1; Hechos 21:34; Hechos 23:10; Hechos 21:31–32; Hechos 16:22–23
- 25 Hechos 16:37; Hechos 25:16; Hechos 27:43; Hechos 22:27–28; Hechos 23:17
- 26 Hechos 23:27; Hechos 22:29
- 29 Hechos 21:33; Hechos 22:24–26; Hebreos 11:35; Hechos 16:38–39
- 30 Hechos 23:28; Hechos 21:33; Hechos 26:29; Hechos 21:11; Hechos 5:21
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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See how he thrusts himself (into danger), I came, he says, after that vision, "to Jerusalem. I was in a trance," etc. Again, this is without witness: but observe, the witness follows from the result. He said, "They will not receive thy testimony:" they did not receive it.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 11 (1889)
… or else, if they do receive all these, they must necessarily admit also that testimony concerning Paul, when he (Luke) tells us that the Lord spoke at first to him from heaven: "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me? I am Jesus Christ, whom thou persecutest;" and then to Ananias, saying regarding him: "Go thy way; for he is a chosen …