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Acts 22:5

Bible in Basic English 1965

Of which the high priest will be a witness, and all the rulers, from whom I had letters to the brothers; and I went into Damascus, to take those who were there as prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.

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And when it was day, the rulers of the people came together, with the chief priests and the scribes, and they took him before their Sanhedrin, saying,

And in those days Peter got up among the brothers there were about one hundred and twenty of them, and said,

My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

My brothers, I may say to you openly that David came to his death, and was put in the earth, and his resting-place is with us today.

My brothers and fathers, give ear to the story of my life which I now put before you.

And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.

But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.

And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.

And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

Then, when I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests,

Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

And now, my brothers, I am conscious that you did this, as did your rulers, without knowledge.

And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;

And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.

And here he has authority from the chief priests to make prisoners all who give worship to your name.

For news has come to you of my way of life in the past in the Jews' religion, how I was cruel without measure to the church of God, and did great damage to it:

In bitter hate I was cruel to the church; I kept all the righteousness of the law to the last detail.

Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.




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