Acts 22:2
(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,
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- Acts 21:40 : 40 When the commanding officer had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and gestured to the people with his hand. When they had become silent, he addressed them in Aramaic,
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1Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”
- Acts 21:39-402 verses80%
39Paul answered,“I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please allow me to speak to the people.”
40When the commanding officer had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and gestured to the people with his hand. When they had become silent, he addressed them in Aramaic,
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3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated with strictness under Gamaliel according to the law of our ancestors, and was zealous for God just as all of you are today.
- Acts 2:4-85 verses75%
4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.
5Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.
6When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
7Completely baffled, they said,“Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?
8And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?
- Acts 15:12-132 verses72%
12The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.
13After they stopped speaking, James replied,“Brothers, listen to me.
- Acts 22:19-202 verses72%
19I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.
20And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.’
- Acts 5:33-353 verses72%
33Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.
34But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time.
35Then he said to the council,“Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.
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20When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him,“You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law.
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14Peter’s Address on the Day of Pentecost But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them:“You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say.
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9Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
- Acts 2:11-122 verses71%
11both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
12All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another,“What does this mean?”
- Acts 22:22-232 verses71%
22The Roman Commander Questions Paul The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!”
23While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,
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7(Now the men who were traveling with him stood there speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.)
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27When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
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46for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,
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17When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
- Acts 13:15-162 verses70%
15After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying,“Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it.”
16So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said,“Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen:
- Acts 26:3-42 verses70%
3because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently.
4Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.
- Acts 9:29-302 verses70%
29He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.
30When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.
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12They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.
- Acts 4:14-152 verses69%
14And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.
15But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another,
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5I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee.
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22What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.
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21All who heard him were amazed and were saying,“Is this not the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners to the chief priests?”
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21For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.
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14When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic,‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.’
- Acts 28:21-222 verses69%
21They replied,“We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you.
22But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”
- Acts 24:20-212 verses69%
20Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
21other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them:‘I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.’”
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54Stephen is Killed When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.
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35he said,“I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive too.” Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod’s palace.
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10Yet they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
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21When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin– that is, the whole high council of the Israelites– and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them.
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37As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commanding officer,“May I say something to you?” The officer replied,“Do you know Greek?