Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NLT

NLT

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
Copy Options
Cite Print
The Blue Letter Bible

Acts 22 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:1

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:1 - “Brothers and esteemed fathers,” Paul said, “listen to me as I offer my defense.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:2 - When they heard him speaking in their own language,[fn] the silence was even greater.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3 - Then Paul said, “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, and I was brought up and educated here in Jerusalem under Gamaliel. As his student, I was carefully trained in our Jewish laws and customs. I became very zealous to honor God in everything I did, just like all of you today.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:4 - And I persecuted the followers of the Way, hounding some to death, arresting both men and women and throwing them in prison.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:5 - The high priest and the whole council of elders can testify that this is so. For I received letters from them to our Jewish brothers in Damascus, authorizing me to bring the Christians from there to Jerusalem, in chains, to be punished.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:6 - “As I was on the road, approaching Damascus about noon, a very bright light from heaven suddenly shone down around me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:7 - I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:8 - “‘Who are you, lord?’ I asked.
“And the voice replied, ‘I am Jesus the Nazarene,[fn] the one you are persecuting.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:9 - The people with me saw the light but didn’t understand the voice speaking to me.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:10 - “I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’
“And the Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told everything you are to do.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:11 - “I was blinded by the intense light and had to be led by the hand to Damascus by my companions.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:12 - A man named Ananias lived there. He was a godly man, deeply devoted to the law, and well regarded by all the Jews of Damascus.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:13 - He came and stood beside me and said, ‘Brother Saul, regain your sight.’ And that very moment I could see him!

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:14 - “Then he told me, ‘The God of our ancestors has chosen you to know his will and to see the Righteous One and hear him speak.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:15 - For you are to be his witness, telling everyone what you have seen and heard.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:16 - What are you waiting for? Get up and be baptized. Have your sins washed away by calling on the name of the Lord.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:17 - “After I returned to Jerusalem, I was praying in the Temple and fell into a trance.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:18

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:18 - I saw a vision of Jesus[fn] saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem, for the people here won’t accept your testimony about me.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:19 - “‘But Lord,’ I argued, ‘they certainly know that in every synagogue I imprisoned and beat those who believed in you.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:20 - And I was in complete agreement when your witness Stephen was killed. I stood by and kept the coats they took off when they stoned him.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:21 - “But the Lord said to me, ‘Go, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles!’”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:22 - The crowd listened until Paul said that word. Then they all began to shout, “Away with such a fellow! He isn’t fit to live!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:23 - They yelled, threw off their coats, and tossed handfuls of dust into the air.
Paul Reveals His Roman Citizenship

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:24 - The commander brought Paul inside and ordered him lashed with whips to make him confess his crime. He wanted to find out why the crowd had become so furious.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:25 - When they tied Paul down to lash him, Paul said to the officer[fn] standing there, “Is it legal for you to whip a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been tried?”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:26 - When the officer heard this, he went to the commander and asked, “What are you doing? This man is a Roman citizen!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:27

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:27 - So the commander went over and asked Paul, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?”
“Yes, I certainly am,” Paul replied.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:28 - “I am, too,” the commander muttered, “and it cost me plenty!”
Paul answered, “But I am a citizen by birth!”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:29 - The soldiers who were about to interrogate Paul quickly withdrew when they heard he was a Roman citizen, and the commander was frightened because he had ordered him bound and whipped.
Paul before the High Council

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:30 - The next day the commander ordered the leading priests into session with the Jewish high council.[fn] He wanted to find out what the trouble was all about, so he released Paul to have him stand before them.
See the NLT Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NLT Footnotes
Greek in Aramaic, or in Hebrew.
Or Jesus of Nazareth.
Greek him.
Greek the centurion; also in 22:26.
Greek Sanhedrin.
NLT

Holy Bible, New Living Translation copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

Full copyright information is provided here. Visit the New Living Translation website.

For more information on this translation, see the NLT Preface.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NLT
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NLT
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Acts Chapter 22 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Morphological Greek New Testament Textus Receptus Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras