Acts 22:2
(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,
(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said,
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1 Paul’s Defense“Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you.”
39 Paul answered,“I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please allow me to speak to the people.”
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,
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.
4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them.
5 Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem.
6 When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language.
7 Completely baffled, they said,“Aren’t all these who are speaking Galileans?
8 And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language?
12 The 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.
13 After they stopped speaking, James replied,“Brothers, listen to me.
19 I replied,‘Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you.
20 And 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.’
33 Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.
34 But 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.
35 Then he said to the council,“Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men.
20 When 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.
14 Peter’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.
9 Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.
11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
12 All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another,“What does this mean?”
22 The 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!”
23 While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air,
7 (Now the men who were traveling with him stood there speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.)
27 When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them,
46 for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said,
17 When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance
15 After 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.”
16 So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said,“Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen:
3 because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently.
4 Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem.
29 He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him.
30 When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus.
12 They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council.
14 And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this.
15 But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another,
5 I 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.
22 What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come.
21 All 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?”
21 For this reason the Jews, after they seized me while I was in the temple courts, were trying to kill me.
14 When 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.’
21 They 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.
22 But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it.”
20 Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council,
21 other 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.’”
54 Stephen is Killed When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him.
35 he 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.
10 Yet they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
21 When 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.
37 As 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?