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Acts 23:9

James Moffatt - New Testament

Thus a loud clamour broke out. Some of the scribes who belonged to the Pharisaic party got up and contended, "We find nothing wrong about this man. What if some spirit or angel has spoken to him?"

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I dropped to the earth and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?'

When they heard the sound, the people standing by said it had thundered; others said, "An angel spoke to him."

They retired to discuss the affair, and agreed that "this man has done nothing to deserve death or imprisonment."

I could not find he had done anything that deserved death, so I decided to send him, on his own appeal, to the emperor.

where I found he was accused of matters relating to their Law but not impeached for any crime that deserved death or imprisonment.

So when some scribes of the Pharisees saw he was eating with sinners and taxgatherers they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat and drink with taxgatherers and sinners?"

What! do we intend to rouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he is?

For last night an angel of the God I belong to and serve, stood before me,

For while the Sadducees declare there is no such thing as resurrection, angels, or spirits, the Pharisees affirm them all.

Well then, if God has given them exactly the same gift as he gave us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I — how could I try to thwart God?"

he dropped to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"

whereas, if it really springs from God, you will be unable to put them down. You may even find yourselves fighting God!"

He asked them a third time, "But what crime has he committed? I have found nothing about him that deserves death; so I shall release him with a whipping."

And Pilate said to the high priests and the crowds, "I cannot find anything criminal about him."

But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to his disciples, "Why do you eat and drink with taxgatherers and sinners?"

Now as I neared Damascus on my journey, suddenly about noon a brilliant light from heaven flashed round me.




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