CHAP. XXII.
a MEn▪ brethren, and fathers, hear ye my de∣••••••ce, which I make now unto you.
2 (••nd when they heard that he spake in the b Hebr•••• tongue to them, they c kept the more si∣lence 〈◊〉〈◊〉 A••d he saith)
3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this ci∣ty d, at the feet of e Gamaliel, and taught accord∣ing to the s perfect manner of the law of the g fa∣thers, and was zealous h towards God, as ye all are this day.
4 And I persecuted i this way unto k the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.
5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the l estate of the elders: from whom also I received m letters unto the n brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there, bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
6 And it came to pass, that as I made my jour∣ney, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there o shone from heaven a great light round about me.
7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me p, S••ul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
8 And I answered, Who art thou Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of q Nazareth whom thou persecutest.
9 And they that were with me, saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they r heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there it shall be told thee of s all things which are appointed for thee to do.
11 And when I could not see for the glory of t that light, being u led by the hand of them that were w th me, I came into Damascus.
12 And one Ananias, a devout man w according