Paul Speaks to the Crowd Acts 22:17-21 17 “I RETURNED TO JERUSALEM AND WAS PRAYING AT THE TEMPLE. THEN IT SEEMED TO ME THAT I WAS DREAMING. 18 I SAW THE LORD SPEAKING TO ME. ‘QUICK !’ HE SAID. LEAVE JERUSALEM AT ONCE. THESE PEOPLE WILL NOT ACCEPT YOUR WITNESS ABOUT ME.’ 19 “‘LORD,’ I REPLIED, ‘THESE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT I USED TO DO. I WENT FROM ONE SYNAGOGUE TO ANOTHER AND PUT BELIEVERS IN PRISON. I ALSO BEAT THEM. 20 STEPHEN WAS A MAN WHO GAVE WITNESS TO OTHERS ABOUT YOU. I STOOD THERE WHEN HE WAS KILLED. I HAD AGREED THAT HE SHOULD DIE. I EVEN GUARDED THE COATS OF THOSE WHO WERE KILLING HIM.’ 21 “THEN THE LORD SAID TO ME, ‘GO. I WILL SEND YOU FAR AWAY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT JEWS.’”
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