44:022:014 And he said, The God of our fathers hath
chosen thee, that
thou
shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and
shouldest
hear the voice of his mouth.
44:022:015 For thou shalt be his witness unto all
men of what thou hast
seen
and heard.
44:022:016 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be
baptized, and wash
away
thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
44:022:017 And it came to pass, that, when I was come
again to Jerusalem,
even
while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;
44:022:018 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste,
and get thee quickly
out
of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony
concerning
me.
44:022:019 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned
and beat in
every
synagogue them that believed on thee:
44:022:020 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen
was shed, I also was
standing
by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the
raiment
of them that slew him.
44:022:021 And he said unto me, Depart: for I
will send thee far hence
unto
the Gentiles.
44:022:022 And they gave him audience unto this word,
and then lifted up
their
voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the
earth:
for it is not fit that he should live.
44:022:023 And as they cried out, and cast off their
clothes, and threw
dust
into the air,
44:022:024 The chief captain commanded him to be brought
into the castle,
and
bade that he should be examined by scourging; that
he
might
know wherefore they cried so against him.
44:022:025 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul
said unto the
centurion
that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man
that
is a Roman, and uncondemned?
44:022:026 When the centurion heard that, he went
and told the chief
captain,
saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man
is a
Roman.
44:022:027 Then the chief captain came, and said unto
him, Tell me, art
thou
a Roman? He said, Yea.
44:022:028 And the chief captain answered, With a
great sum obtained I
this
freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
44:022:029 Then straightway they departed from him
which should have
examined
him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after
he
knew
that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
44:022:030 On the morrow, because he would have known
the certainty
wherefore
he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his
bands,
and commanded the chief priests and all their council
to
appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.


