Acts 22:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

My brothers and fathers, give ear to the story of my life which I now put before you.

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  • Acts 7:2 : 2 And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.
  • Acts 19:33 : 33 Then they took Alexander out from among the people, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander, making a sign with his hand, was about to make a statement to the people in answer:
  • Acts 23:1 : 1 And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.
  • Acts 23:6 : 6 But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.
  • Acts 24:10 : 10 Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer:
  • Acts 25:8 : 8 Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.
  • Acts 25:16 : 16 To whom I gave answer that it is not the Roman way to give a man up, till he has been face to face with those who are attacking him, and has had a chance to give an answer to the statements made against him.
  • Acts 26:1-2 : 1 And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying: 2 In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:
  • Acts 26:24 : 24 And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.
  • Acts 28:17 : 17 Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.
  • Rom 2:15 : 15 Because the work of the law is seen in their hearts, their sense of right and wrong giving witness to it, while their minds are at one time judging them and at another giving them approval;
  • 1 Cor 9:3 : 3 My answer to those who are judging me is this.
  • 2 Cor 7:11 : 11 For you see what care was produced in you by this very sorrow of yours before God, what clearing of yourselves, what wrath against sin, what fear, what desire, what serious purpose, what punishment. In everything you have made it clear that you are free from sin in this business.
  • 2 Cor 12:19 : 19 It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.
  • Phil 1:7 : 7 So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.
  • Phil 1:17 : 17 But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.
  • 2 Tim 4:16 : 16 At my first meeting with my judges, no one took my part, but all went away from me. May it not be put to their account.
  • 1 Pet 3:15 : 15 But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;
  • Luke 12:11 : 11 And when they take you before the Synagogues and the authorities and the rulers, take no thought about what answers you will give, or what you will say:
  • Luke 21:14 : 14 So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give:

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  • Acts 22:2-3
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    2 And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said,

    3 I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia by birth, but I had my education in this town at the feet of Gamaliel, being trained in the keeping of every detail of the law of our fathers; given up to the cause of God with all my heart, as you are today.

  • Acts 24:19-21
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    76%

    19 And it would have been better if they had come here to make a statement, if they have anything against me.

    20 Or let these men here present say what wrongdoing was seen in me when I was before the Sanhedrin,

    21 But only this one thing which I said among them in a loud voice, I am this day being judged on the question of the coming back from the dead.

  • Acts 5:35
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    35 And he said to them, Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.

  • Acts 13:15-16
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    15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the Synagogue sent to them, saying, Brothers, if you have a word of comfort for the people, say on.

    16 And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.

  • Acts 25:15-17
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    15 Against whom the chief priests and the rulers of the Jews made a statement when I was at Jerusalem, requesting me to give a decision against him.

    16 To whom I gave answer that it is not the Roman way to give a man up, till he has been face to face with those who are attacking him, and has had a chance to give an answer to the statements made against him.

    17 So, when they had come together here, straight away, on the day after, I took my place on the judge's seat and sent for the man.

  • Acts 2:14
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    14 But Peter, getting up, with the eleven, said in a loud voice, O men of Judaea, and all you who are living in Jerusalem, take note of this and give ear to my words.

  • Acts 28:17
    73%

    17 Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews: and when they had come together, he said to them, My brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the ways of our fathers, I was given, a prisoner from Jerusalem, into the hands of the Romans.

  • 1 Cor 9:3
    73%

    3 My answer to those who are judging me is this.

  • Acts 23:1
    73%

    1 And Paul, looking fixedly at the Sanhedrin, said, My brothers, my life has been upright before God till this day.

  • Acts 26:1-4
    4 verses
    73%

    1 And Agrippa said to Paul, You may put your cause before us. Then Paul, stretching out his hand, made his answer, saying:

    2 In my opinion I am happy, King Agrippa, to be able to give my answer before you today to all these things which the Jews say against me:

    3 The more so, because you are expert in all questions to do with the Jews and their ways: so I make my request to you to give me a hearing to the end.

    4 All the Jews have knowledge of my way of life from my early years, as it was from the start among my nation, and at Jerusalem;

  • Acts 22:15
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    15 For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.

  • Acts 15:13
    72%

    13 And when they had come to an end, James, answering, said, My brothers, give ear to me:

  • Acts 25:8
    72%

    8 Then Paul, in his answer to them, said, I have done no wrong against the law of the Jews, or against the Temple, or against Caesar.

  • Acts 24:10
    72%

    10 Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer:

  • Acts 28:19
    72%

    19 But when the Jews made protest against it, I had to put my cause into Caesar's hands; not because I have anything to say against my nation.

  • Acts 26:6
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    6 And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;

  • Acts 24:13-14
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    13 And they are not able to give facts in support of the things which they say against me now.

    14 But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:

  • Acts 13:26
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    26 My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

  • Acts 5:27
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    27 And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,

  • Acts 19:33
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    33 Then they took Alexander out from among the people, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander, making a sign with his hand, was about to make a statement to the people in answer:

  • Acts 23:35
    71%

    35 I will give hearing to your cause, he said, when those who are against you have come. And he gave orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium.

  • Acts 21:39-40
    2 verses
    71%

    39 But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is not an unimportant town: I make a request to you to let me say a word to the people.

    40 And when he let him do so, Paul, from the steps, made a sign with his hand to the people, and when they were all quiet, he said to them in the Hebrew language,

  • Acts 28:21
    71%

    21 And they said to him, We have not had letters from Judaea about you, and no one of the brothers has come to us here to give an account or say any evil about you.

  • Acts 22:22
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    22 And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

  • Acts 7:1
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    1 Then the high priest said, Are these things true?

  • Acts 17:19
    70%

    19 And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

  • Acts 23:29-30
    2 verses
    70%

    29 Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.

    30 And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.

  • Acts 3:13
    70%

    13 The God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has given glory to his servant Jesus; whom you gave up, turning your backs on him, when Pilate had made the decision to let him go free.

  • Acts 22:18-19
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    70%

    18 And I saw him saying to me, Go out of Jerusalem straight away because they will not give hearing to your witness about me.

    19 And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

  • Acts 25:11
    70%

    11 If, then, I am a wrongdoer and there is a cause of death in me, I am ready for death: if it is not as they say against me, no man may give me up to them. Let my cause come before Caesar.

  • Acts 26:21
    70%

    21 For this reason, the Jews took me in the Temple, and made an attempt to put me to death.

  • Acts 14:15
    70%

    15 Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

  • Acts 24:8
    70%

    8 And from whom you will be able, by questioning him yourself, to get knowledge of all the things which we say against him.

  • Acts 25:24
    69%

    24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all those who are present here with us, you see this man, about whom all the Jews have made protests to me, at Jerusalem and in this place, saying that it is not right for him to be living any longer.

  • Acts 26:30
    69%

    30 And the king and the ruler and Bernice and those who were seated with them got up;

  • Acts 19:40
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    40 For, truly, we are in danger of being made responsible for this day's trouble, there being no cause for it: and we are not able to give any reason for this coming together. And when he had said this, he sent the meeting away.

  • Acts 21:22
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    22 What then is the position? They will certainly get news that you have come.