[영어 성경] Acts chapter 22

Ac. 22:1 “Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defence.”

Ac. 22:2 When they heard him speak to them in Aramaic, they became

very quiet. Then Paul said:

Ac. 22:3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this

city. Under Gamaliel I was thoroughly trained in the law of

our fathers and was just as zealous for God as any of you are

today.

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Ac. 22:4 I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death,

arresting both men and women and throwing them into

prison,

Ac. 22:5 as also the high priest and all the Council can testify. I even

obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and

went there to bring these people as prisoners to Jerusalem to

be punished.

Ac. 22:6 “About noon as I came near Damascus, suddenly a bright

light from heaven flashed around me.

Ac. 22:7 I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, `Saul! Saul!

Why do you persecute me?’

Ac. 22:8 “`Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. “`I am Jesus of Nazareth,

whom you are persecuting,’ he replied.

Ac. 22:9 My companions saw the light, but they did not understand the

voice of him who was speaking to me.

Ac. 22:10 “`What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked. “`Get up,’ the Lord said,

`and go into Damascus. There you will be told all that you

have been assigned to do.’

Ac. 22:11 My companions led me by the hand into Damascus, because

the brilliance of the light had blinded me.

Ac. 22:12 “A man named Ananias came to see me. He was a devout

observer of the law and highly respected by all the Jews living

there.

Ac. 22:13 He stood beside me and said, `Brother Saul, receive your

sight!’ And at that very moment I was able to see him.

Ac. 22:14 “Then he said: `The God of our fathers has chosen you to

know his will and to see the Righteous One and to hear

words from his mouth.

Ac. 22:15 You will be his witness to all men of what you have seen and

heard.

Ac. 22:16 And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptised and

wash your sins away, calling on his name.’

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Ac. 22:17 “When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple,

I fell into a trance

Ac. 22:18 and saw the Lord speaking. `Quick!’ he said to me. `Leave

Jerusalem immediately, because they will not accept your

testimony about me.’

Ac. 22:19 “`Lord,’ I replied, `these men know that I went from one

synagogue to another to imprison and beat those who believe

in you.

Ac. 22:20 And when the blood of your martyr [Or witness] Stephen

was shed, I stood there giving my approval and guarding the

clothes of those who were killing him.’

Ac. 22:21 “Then the Lord said to me, `Go; I will send you far away to

the Gentiles.’“

Ac. 22:22 The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised

their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He’s not fit

to live!”

Ac. 22:23 As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and

flinging dust into the air,

Ac. 22:24 the commander ordered Paul to be taken into the barracks.

He directed that he be flogged and questioned in order to find

out why the people were shouting at him like this.

Ac. 22:25 As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said to the

centurion standing there, “Is it legal for you to flog a Roman

citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?”

Ac. 22:26 When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander

and reported it. “What are you going to do?” he asked. “This

man is a Roman citizen.”

Ac. 22:27 The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a

Roman citizen?” “Yes, I am,” he answered.

Ac. 22:28 Then the commander said, “I had to pay a big price for my

citizenship.” “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.

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Ac. 22:29 Those who were about to question him withdrew

immediately. The commander himself was alarmed when he

realised that he had put Paul, a Roman citizen, in chains.

Ac. 22:30 The next day, since the commander wanted to find out

exactly why Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released

him and ordered the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to

assemble. Then he brought Paul and had him stand before

them.