Acts 22 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

“[fn]Brothers ^G435 G80 and fathers ^G3962, hear ^G191 my defense ^G627 which I now ^G3570 offer to you.”

And when they heard ^G191 that he was addressing ^G4377 them in the [fn]Hebrew ^G1446 dialect ^G1258, they became ^G3930 even more ^G3123 quiet ^G2271; and he *said ^G5346,

“I am ^G1510 a Jew ^G2453, born ^G1080 in Tarsus ^G5019 of Cilicia ^G2791, but brought ^G397 up ^G397 in this ^G3778 city ^G4172, educated ^G3811 [fn]under ^{G3844 G3588 G4228} Gamaliel ^G1059, [fn]strictly ^G195 according ^G2596 to the Law ^G3551 of our fathers ^G3971, being ^G5225 zealous ^G2207 for God ^G2316 just ^G2531 as ^G2531 you all ^G3956 are today ^G4594.

“But it happened ^G1096 that as I was ^G4198 on ^G4198 my way ^G4198, approaching ^G1448 Damascus ^G1154 at about ^G4012 noon ^G3314, a very ^G2425 bright ^G2425 light ^G5457 suddenly ^G1810 flashed ^G4015 from heaven ^G3772 all ^G4015 around ^G4015 me,

“Now ^G1161 a certain ^G5100 Ananias ^G367, a man ^G435 who was devout ^G2126 by the standard ^G3358 of the Law ^G3551 and well ^G3140 spoken ^G3140 of by all ^G3956 the Jews ^G2453 who lived ^G2730 there,

“It happened ^G1096 when I returned ^G5290 to Jerusalem ^G2419 and was praying ^G4336 in the temple ^G2413, that I fell ^G1096 into a trance ^G1611,

They listened ^G191 to him up to this ^G3778 statement ^G3056, and then they raised ^G1869 their voices ^G5456 and said ^G3004, “Away ^G142 with such ^G5108 a man ^G5108 from the earth ^G1093, for he should ^G2520 not be ^G2520 allowed ^G2520 to live ^G2198!”

Now ^G1161 on the next ^G1887 day ^G1887, wanting ^G1014 to know ^G1097 for certain ^G804 why ^G5101 Paul had been accused ^G2723 by the Jews ^G2453, he released ^G3089 him and ordered ^G2753 the chief ^G749 priests ^G749 and all ^G3956 the [fn]Council ^G4892 to assemble ^G4905, and he brought ^G2609 Paul ^G3972 down ^G2609 and placed ^G2476 him before ^G1519 them.